Abundances of communities are summed according to their weights to obtain the abundances of the metacommunity.
metacommunity(x, name = "metacommunity", ...)
# S3 method for matrix
metacommunity(
x,
name = "metacommunity",
weights = rep(1, nrow(x)),
as_numeric = TRUE,
...,
check_arguments = TRUE
)
# S3 method for abundances
metacommunity(
x,
name = "metacommunity",
as_numeric = FALSE,
...,
check_arguments = TRUE
)An object of class abundances that contains several communities or a matrix of abundances with communities in rows and species in columns.
The name of the metacommunity
Unused.
The weights of the sites of the species distributions.
If TRUE, a number or a numeric vector is returned rather than a tibble.
If TRUE, the function arguments are verified.
Should be set to FALSE to save time when the arguments have been checked elsewhere.
An object of class abundances with a single row or a named vector
if as_numeric = TRUE.
The total abundance of the metacommunity is by design equal to the sum of community abundances so that the information used by diversity estimators. A consequence is that equal weights lead to a metacommunity whose species abundances are the sum of community species abundances.
If community weights are not equal then the metacommunity abundances are in general not integer. Most diversity estimators can't be applied to non-integer abundances but the knowledge of the sample coverage of each community allow "ChaoShen" and "Grassberger" estimators.
metacommunity(paracou_6_abd)
#> # A tibble: 1 × 337
#> site weight Abarema_jupunba Abarema_mataybifolia Amaioua_guianensis
#> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 metacommunity 6.25 10 4 2
#> # ℹ 332 more variables: Amanoa_congesta <dbl>, Amanoa_guianensis <dbl>,
#> # Ambelania_acida <dbl>, Amphirrhox_longifolia <dbl>, Andira_coriacea <dbl>,
#> # Apeiba_glabra <dbl>, Aspidosperma_album <dbl>, Aspidosperma_cruentum <dbl>,
#> # Aspidosperma_excelsum <dbl>, Bocoa_prouacensis <dbl>,
#> # Brosimum_guianense <dbl>, Brosimum_rubescens <dbl>, Brosimum_utile <dbl>,
#> # Carapa_surinamensis <dbl>, Caryocar_glabrum <dbl>, Casearia_decandra <dbl>,
#> # Casearia_javitensis <dbl>, Catostemma_fragrans <dbl>, …
metacommunity(paracou_6_abd)
#> # A tibble: 1 × 337
#> site weight Abarema_jupunba Abarema_mataybifolia Amaioua_guianensis
#> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 metacommunity 6.25 10 4 2
#> # ℹ 332 more variables: Amanoa_congesta <dbl>, Amanoa_guianensis <dbl>,
#> # Ambelania_acida <dbl>, Amphirrhox_longifolia <dbl>, Andira_coriacea <dbl>,
#> # Apeiba_glabra <dbl>, Aspidosperma_album <dbl>, Aspidosperma_cruentum <dbl>,
#> # Aspidosperma_excelsum <dbl>, Bocoa_prouacensis <dbl>,
#> # Brosimum_guianense <dbl>, Brosimum_rubescens <dbl>, Brosimum_utile <dbl>,
#> # Carapa_surinamensis <dbl>, Caryocar_glabrum <dbl>, Casearia_decandra <dbl>,
#> # Casearia_javitensis <dbl>, Catostemma_fragrans <dbl>, …