load_tad_table

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This analytical framework is based on an analysis of the shape of the trait abundance distributions to better understand community assembly processes, and predict community dynamics under environmental changes. This framework mobilized a study of the relationship between the moments describing the shape of the distributions: the skewness and the kurtosis (SKR). The SKR allows the identification of commonalities in the shape of trait distributions across contrasting communities. Derived from the SKR, we developed mathematical parameters that summarise the complex pattern of distributions by assessing (i) the R², (ii) the Y-intercept, (iii) the slope, (iv) the functional stability of community (TADstab), and, (v) the distance from specific distribution families (i.e., the distance from the skew-uniform family a limit to the highest degree of evenness: TADeve).

Lain Pavot

Realize the Trait Abundance Distribution

Nathan Rondeau

Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet

Raphael Martin

Pierre Liancourt

Nicolas Gross

INRAe/UREP 

load_tad_table function

<dl><dt>path</dt>
<dd>the path to the file to load</dd>
<dt>sep</dt>
<dd>the separator used for this csv/tsv file</dd>
<dt>table_name</dt>
<dd>the name of the object to load</dd>
<dt>factor_names</dt>
<dd>provide the name of factor columns. A <code>as.factor</code>
function will be applied to the provided columns.</dd>
<dt>character_names</dt>
<dd>provide the name of character columns. A
<code>as.character</code> function will be applied to the provided columns.</dd>
<dt>...</dt>
<dd>a set of functions to apply to the result's attribute.
if <code>a</code> = as.numeric in <code>...</code>, then <code>result$a &lt;- as.numeric(result$a)</code>
any other function than as.numeric can be used</dd></dl>

Arguments

load_tad_table — load_tad_table

<dl>

<dt>path</dt>
<dd>the path to the file to load</dd>


<dt>sep</dt>
<dd>the separator used for this csv/tsv file</dd>


<dt>table_name</dt>
<dd>the name of the object to load</dd>


<dt>factor_names</dt>
<dd>provide the name of factor columns. A <code>as.factor</code>
function will be applied to the provided columns.</dd>


<dt>character_names</dt>
<dd>provide the name of character columns. A
<code>as.character</code> function will be applied to the provided columns.</dd>


<dt>...</dt>
<dd>a set of functions to apply to the result's attribute.
if <code>a</code> = as.numeric in <code>...</code>, then <code>result$a &lt;- as.numeric(result$a)</code>
any other function than as.numeric can be used</dd>

</dl>

load_tad_table: load_tad_table

Description

Usage

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