Whittaker Measure
index_whittaker(x, ...)# S4 method for matrix
index_whittaker(x)
A numeric vector.
A \(m \times p\) numeric matrix of count data
(absolute frequencies, i.e. a contingency table).
Currently not used.
N. Frerebeau
This assumes that the order of the matrix rows (from \(1\) to \(n\)) follows the progression along the gradient/transect.
Data are standardized on a presence/absence scale (\(0\)/\(1\)) beforehand.
Whittaker, R. H. (1960). Vegetation of the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon and California. Ecological Monographs, 30(3), 279-338. tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.2307/1943563").
Other beta diversity measures:
index_binomial(),
index_brainerd(),
index_bray(),
index_cody(),
index_jaccard(),
index_morisita(),
index_routledge,
index_sorensen(),
index_wilson()