meteR (version 1.2)

ebar: Relationship between mean metabolic rate ($\bar{\epsilon}$) and abundance

Description

ebar calculates the relationship between average metabolic rate of a species and that species' abundance. Also known as the Damuth relationship

Usage

ebar(x)

Arguments

x

an object of class meteESF.

Value

An object of class meteRelaT. The object contains a list with the following elements.

pred

predicted relationship

obs

observed relationship

Details

See examples.

References

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

See Also

meteDist, sad.meteESF, metePsi

Examples

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