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Calculates MNTD (mean nearest taxon distance) for taxa in a community
mntd(samp, dis, abundance.weighted=FALSE)
Vector of MNTD values for each community.
Community data matrix
Interspecific distance matrix
Should mean nearest taxon distances for each species be weighted by species abundance? (default = FALSE)
Steven Kembel <steve.kembel@gmail.com>
This metric has also been referred to as MNND (mean nearest neighbour distance), and the function was named mnnd in picante versions < 0.7.
mnnd
Webb, C., D. Ackerly, M. McPeek, and M. Donoghue. 2002. Phylogenies and community ecology. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 33:475-505.
ses.mntd
data(phylocom) mntd(phylocom$sample, cophenetic(phylocom$phylo), abundance.weighted=TRUE)
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