In wardfont/edcpR: Ecological Data Collection and Processing Package

knitr::opts_chunk$set(
  collapse = TRUE,
  comment = "#>"
)

library(edcpR)

Please complete the following problems.

Remember:

R is case-sensitive. Make sure you store your answers using the exact name specified.
You will be graded on:
The correctness of your answers.
The efficiency of your code. Don't make your script unnecessarily long and only do the essential steps.
The clarity of your code. Make sure you explain the steps in your script with annotations (#). Without comments, we don't know if you understand what is happening.

Data

Load in the data you will need as follows:

data(leuven_a3, nphk_a3,  package = "edcpR")

Part 1

What can you tell on the species diversity in Leuven?

At plot level? Calculate all relevant indices. Make clear which index you calculate with annotations.
Between plots? How many plot pairs are perfectly dissimilar? Which pair of distinct plots shows the highest similarity? Answer by means of annotations within your R-script!

Part 2

Vegetation sampling has also been performed in the Hoge Kempen National Park (dataset nphk_a3) (a region to the North-West of Leuven). What can you say on the species diversity from that region compared to Leuven? Answer by means of annotations within your R-script!