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JPielou: A function to compute Pielou normalised diversity index

Description

Pielou index normalises Shannon-Wiener diversity index (HShannon).

Usage

JPielou(x)

Arguments

x
- an object of class matrix (or that can be coerced to that class), where each column represents the distribution of a population group, within spatial units. The number of columns should be greater than one (at least two population groups are require

Value

  • Normalised diversity index

References

Pielou E. C. (1966) Shannon's formula as a measure of species diversity: its use and misuse. The American Naturalist 100, 463-465

See Also

Other multigroup eveness indices: HShannon, ISimpson, GiniMulti, DMulti Other multigroup indices: PIsol, RelDivers

Examples

Run this code
x <- slot(GreHSize, 'data')[ ,3:5]
JPielou(x)

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