simpson

The probability that two individuals selected at random (with replacement,
Hurlbert, 1971, p.579) from a sample will belong to the same species. For
an infinite sample Simpson's Index is given by (Peet, 1974):
$$\lambda = \sum_{i=1}^S p_i^2$$
For a finite sample by:
$$L = \sum_{i=1}^S \frac{n_i (n_i-1)}{N (N-1)}$$
where $p_i$ the proportion of the individuals in species $i$,
$n_i$ the number of individuals in species
$i$ (relative <code>abundance</code>), and $N$ the total number
of individuals (<code>total_abundance</code>). The finite sample case
has been implemented in function <code>simpson</code> (and <code>simpson_</code>).

Preprocessing tools and biodiversity measures
(species abundance, species richness, population heterogeneity and
sensitivity) for analysing marine benthic data. See Van Loon et al.
(2015) <doi:10.1016/j.seares.2015.05.002> for an application of
these tools.

Dennis Walvoort

benthos

Marine Benthic Ecosystem Analysis

simpson function

<dl><dt>taxon</dt>
<dd>character vector containing taxa</dd>
<dt>count</dt>
<dd>numeric vector containing counts</dd></dl>

Arguments

Simpson's Measure of Concentration — simpson

<dl>

<dt>taxon</dt>
<dd>character vector containing taxa</dd>


<dt>count</dt>
<dd>numeric vector containing counts</dd>

</dl>

simpson: Simpson's Measure of Concentration

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