ssid2beta: Estimate beta-diversity using sum of squared interpoint...

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ssid2betaR Documentation

Estimate beta-diversity using sum of squared interpoint dissimilarities

Description

Calculates the sum of squared interpoint dissimilarities of a metacommunity matrix using the formula in Anderson et al. (2011) in Ecology Letters

Usage

ssid2beta(x, method = "bray")

Arguments

x

metacommunity matrix

method

type of dissimilarity metric used; one of the methods in vegdist()

Details

Estimates beta-diversity of a metacommunty matrix by using the sum of squared interpoint dissimilarities: 1/(N(N-1))*sum(dij^2) where dij is the distance between community i and j.


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