meteR (version 1.0)

sad: METE species abundance distribution

Description

sad.mete returns the species abundance distribution predicted by METE ($\Phi(n)$)

Usage

sad(x)
## S3 method for class 'meteESF':
sad(x)

Arguments

x

an object of class mete.

Value

• An object of class meteDist. The object contains a list with the following elements. [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Details

See Examples.

References

Harte, J. 2011. Maximum entropy and ecology: a theory of abundance, distribution, and energetics. Oxford University Press.

See Also

metePhi

Examples

data(arth)
esf1 <- meteESF(spp=arth$spp,
                abund=arth$count,
                power=arth$mass^(.75),
                minE=min(arth$mass^(.75)))
sad1 <- sad(esf1)
sad1