index.bio {agricolae}R Documentation

Biodiversity Indices

Description

Scientists use a formula called the biodiversity index to describe the amount of species diversity in a given area.

Usage

index.bio(data, method = "Margalef", level = 95, Boot = 100)

Arguments

data number of specimens
method Describe method bio-diversity
level Significant level
Boot size bootstrap

Details

method bio-diversity

"Margalef" "Simpson.Dom" "Simpson.Div" "Berger.Parker" "McIntosh" "Shannon"

Value

data vector
method method bio-diversity
level value 0-100 percentage
Boot size 50, 100,...

Author(s)

Felipe de Mendiburu

Examples

library(agricolae)
data(paracsho)
# date 22-06-05 and treatment CON = application with insecticide
specimens <- paracsho[1:10,6]
index.bio(specimens,method="Simpson.Div",level=95,Boot=200)
index.bio(specimens,method="Shannon",level=95,Boot=200)

[Package agricolae version 1.0-3 Index]