entropart (version 1.1.3)

MCdiversity: Meta-Community diversity class.

Description

Methods for objects of type "MCdiversity".

Usage

is.MCdiversity(x)
## S3 method for class 'MCdiversity':
plot(x, \dots)
## S3 method for class 'MCdiversity':
summary(object, \dots)

Arguments

x

An object to be tested or plotted.

object

A MCdiversity object to be summarized.

...

Additional arguments to be passed to the generic methods.

Value

• Meta-community diversity objects are lists containing:
• MetaCommunity
  The name of the MetaCommunity object containing inventory data.
• Type
  The type of diversity ("alpha", "beta" or "gamma").
• Order
  The order of diversity $q$.
• Correction
  The estimation bias correction used to calculate diversity.
• Tree
  The phylogenetic or functional tree used to calculate phylodiversity.
• Normalized
  Logical. Indicates whether phylodiversity is normalized or proportional to the height of the tree.
• Weights
  A vector containing the weights of communities.
• Communities
  A vector containing the diversity of communities.
• Total
  The total diversity.
• is.MCdiversity returns TRUE if the object is of class MCdiversity. summary.MCdiversity returns a summary of the object's value.