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vegan (version 1.8-7)

Community Ecology Package

Description

Ordination methods, diversity analysis and other functions for community and vegetation ecologists.

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install.packages('vegan')

Monthly Downloads

110,476

Version

1.8-7

License

GPL v2 (but not later)

Maintainer

Jari Oksanen

Last Published

June 6th, 2025

Functions in vegan (1.8-7)

adonis

Multivariate Analysis of Variance Using Distance Matrices
metaMDS

Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling with Stable Solution from Random Starts, Axis Scaling and Species Scores
cca.object

Result Object from Constrained Ordination with cca, rda or capscale
anosim

Analysis of Similarities
distconnected

Connectedness of Dissimilarities
capscale

[Partial] Constrained Analysis of Principal Coordinates or distance-based RDA
spantree

Minimum Spanning Tree
ordiplot3d

Three-Dimensional and Dynamic Ordination Graphics
as.mlm.cca

Refit Constrained Ordination as a Multiple Response Linear Model
anova.cca

Permutation Test for Constrained Correspondence Analysis, Redundancy Analysis and Constrained Analysis of Principal Coordinates
isomap

Isometric Feature Mapping Ordination
ordisurf

Fit and Plot Smooth Surfaces of Variables on Ordination.
bioenv

Best Subset of Environmental Variables with Maximum (Rank) Correlation with Community Dissimilarities
goodness.metaMDS

Goodness of Fit and Shepard Plot for Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling
fisherfit

Fit Fisher's Logseries and Preston's Lognormal Model to Abundance Data
humpfit

No-interaction Model for Hump-backed Species Richness vs. Biomass
BCI

Barro Colorado Island Tree Counts
prc

Principal Response Curves for Treatments with Repeated Observations
dune

Vegetation and Environment in Dutch Dune Meadows.
mrpp

Multi Response Permutation Procedure of Within- versus Among-Group Dissimilarities
decostand

Standardizaton Methods for Community Ecology
procrustes

Procrustes Rotation of Two Configurations and PROTEST
scores

Get Species or Site Scores from an Ordination
mite

Oribatid Mite Data with Explanatory Variables
rankindex

Compares Dissimilarity Indices for Gradient Detection
plot.cca

Plot or Extract Results of Constrained Correspondence Analysis or Redundancy Analysis
varpart

Partition the Variation of Community Matrix by 2, 3, or 4 Explanatory Matrices
ordiplot

Alternative plot and identify Functions for Ordination
designdist

Design your own Dissimilarities
bgdispersal

Coefficients of Biogeographical Dispersal Direction
linestack

Plots One-dimensional Diagrams without Overwriting Labels
orditorp

Add Text or Points to Ordination Plots
specaccum

Species Accumulation Curves
vegandocs

Display Package Documentation
beals

Beals Smoothing and Degree of Absence
taxondive

Indices of Taxonomic Diversity and Distinctness
stepacross

Stepacross as Flexible Shortest Paths or Extended Dissimilarities
varespec

Vegetation and environment in lichen pastures
read.cep

Reads a CEP (Canoco) data file
deviance.cca

Statistics Resembling Deviance and AIC for Constrained Ordination
make.cepnames

Abbreviates a Botanical or Zoological Latin Name into an Eight-character Name
cascadeKM

K-means partitioning using a range of values of K
vegdist

Dissimilarity Indices for Community Ecologists
ordihull

Add Graphical Items to Ordination Diagrams
cca

[Partial] [Constrained] Correspondence Analysis and Redundancy Analysis
dune.taxon

Taxonomic Classification of Dune Meadow Species
pyrifos

Response of Aquatic Invertebrates to Insecticide Treatment
predict.cca

Prediction Tools for [Constrained] Ordination (CCA, RDA, DCA, CA, PCA)
diversity

Ecological Diversity Indices and Rarefaction Species Richness
goodness.cca

Diagnostic Tools for [Constrained] Ordination (CCA, RDA, DCA, CA, PCA)
renyi

Renyi and Hill Diversities and Corresponding Accumulation Curves
screeplot.cca

Screeplots for Ordination Results and Broken Stick Distributions
vegemite

Prints a Compact, Ordered Vegetation Table
radfit

Rank -- Abundance or Dominance / Diversity Models
mantel

Mantel and Partial Mantel Tests for Dissimilarity Matrices
specpool

Extrapolated Species Richness in a Species Pool
vegan-internal

Internal vegan functions
wascores

Weighted Averages Scores for Species
decorana

Detrended Correspondence Analysis and Basic Reciprocal Averaging
envfit

Fits an Environmental Vector or Factor onto an Ordination