bray.curtis {fossil}R Documentation

Similarity Indices

Description

Functions to calculate the similarities between two groups

Usage

bray.curtis(x, y)
jaccard(x, y)
morisita.horn(x, y)
simpson(x, y)
sorenson(x, y)

Arguments

x species from group A
y species from group B

Details

You must provide two separate vectors, with species arranged in the same order, from area A and B. If species are present in one site but not the other, these must be recorded for both sites; the site where they are not found should be coded as a zero. Species not present at either site are ignored. For details on each index, please consult the references.

Value

Returns the similarity index for the two sites in question.

Author(s)

Matthew Vavrek

References

Magurran, A. E. (2004). Measuring Biological Diversity. Oxford, Blackwell.

See Also

dino.dist

Examples

##Species counts from two different locations
a <- c(1,0,4,3,5,0,0,7)
b <- c(2,1,3,0,0,1,0,6)
bray.curtis(a,b)
jaccard(a,b)
simpson(a,b)
sorenson(a,b)
morisita.horn(a,b)

[Package fossil version 0.2.0 Index]