entropart (version 1.4-4)

MCentropy: Meta-Community entropy class.

Description

Methods for objects of type "MCentropy".

Usage

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

Arguments

x

An object to be tested or plotted.

object

A MCentropy object to be summarized.

...

Additional arguments to be passed to the generic methods.

Value

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