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vegan (version 2.7-1)

Community Ecology Package

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Ordination methods, diversity analysis and other functions for community and vegetation ecologists.

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2.7-1

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Jari Oksanen

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June 5th, 2025

Functions in vegan (2.7-1)

anova.cca

Permutation Test for Constrained Correspondence Analysis, Redundancy Analysis and Constrained Analysis of Principal Coordinates
betadiver

Indices of beta Diversity
biplot.rda

PCA biplot
bioenv

Best Subset of Environmental Variables with Maximum (Rank) Correlation with Community Dissimilarities
cascadeKM

K-means partitioning using a range of values of K
bgdispersal

Coefficients of Biogeographical Dispersal Direction
betadisper

Multivariate homogeneity of groups dispersions (variances)
anosim

Analysis of Similarities
avgdist

Averaged Subsampled Dissimilarity Matrices
beals

Beals Smoothing and Degree of Absence
contribdiv

Contribution Diversity Approach
deviance.cca

Statistics Resembling Deviance and AIC for Constrained Ordination
dbrda

Principal Coordinates Analysis and [Partial] Distance-based Redundancy Analysis
clamtest

Multinomial Species Classification Method (CLAM)
cca

[Partial] [Constrained] Correspondence Analysis and Redundancy Analysis
decorana

Detrended Correspondence Analysis and Basic Reciprocal Averaging
cca.object

Result Object from Constrained Ordination
commsim

Create an Object for Null Model Algorithms
designdist

Design your own Dissimilarities
decostand

Standardization Methods for Community Ecology
distconnected

Connectedness of Dissimilarities
eventstar

Scale Parameter at the Minimum of the Tsallis Evenness Profile
dune.taxon

Taxonomic Classification and Phylogeny of Dune Meadow Species
diversity

Ecological Diversity Indices
dispweight

Dispersion-based weighting of species counts
dune

Vegetation and Environment in Dutch Dune Meadows.
eigenvals

Extract Eigenvalues from an Ordination Object
fisherfit

Fit Fisher's Logseries and Preston's Lognormal Model to Abundance Data
envfit

Fits an Environmental Vector or Factor onto an Ordination
dispindmorisita

Morisita index of intraspecific aggregation
goodness.cca

Diagnostic Tools for [Constrained] Ordination (CCA, RDA, DCA, CA, PCA)
make.cepnames

Abbreviates a Two-Part Botanical or Zoological Latin Name into Character String
goodness.metaMDS

Goodness of Fit and Shepard Plot for Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling
indpower

Indicator Power of Species
influence.cca

Linear Model Diagnostics for Constrained Ordination
isomap

Isometric Feature Mapping Ordination
mantel.correlog

Mantel Correlogram
mantel

Mantel and Partial Mantel Tests for Dissimilarity Matrices
linestack

Plots One-dimensional Diagrams without Overwriting Labels
kendall.global

Kendall coefficient of concordance
nestedtemp

Nestedness Indices for Communities of Islands or Patches
metaMDS

Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling with Stable Solution from Random Starts, Axis Scaling and Species Scores
monoMDS

Global and Local Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling and Linear and Hybrid Scaling
nobs.cca

Extract the Number of Observations from a vegan Fit.
nullmodel

Null Model and Simulation
mrpp

Multi Response Permutation Procedure and Mean Dissimilarity Matrix
mso

Functions for performing and displaying a spatial partitioning of cca or rda results
oecosimu

Evaluate Statistics with Null Models of Biological Communities
multipart

Multiplicative Diversity Partitioning
mite

Oribatid Mite Data with Explanatory Variables
orditorp

Add Text or Points to Ordination Plots
ordiArrowTextXY

Support Functions for Drawing Vectors
ordilabel

Add Text on Non-transparent Label to an Ordination Plot.
ordiarrows

Add Arrows and Line Segments to Ordination Diagrams
ordistep

Choose a Model by Permutation Tests in Constrained Ordination
ordipointlabel

Ordination Plots with Points and Optimized Locations for Text
ordihull

Display Groups or Factor Levels in Ordination Diagrams
ordiplot

Alternative plot and identify Functions for Ordination
ordisurf

Fit and Plot Smooth Surfaces of Variables on Ordination.
optspace

optspace: algorithm for matrix reconstruction from a partially revealed set
permutations

Permutation tests in Vegan
predict.cca

Prediction Tools for [Constrained] Ordination (CCA, RDA, DCA, CA, PCA)
permat

Matrix Permutation Algorithms for Presence-Absence and Count Data
prc

Principal Response Curves for Treatments with Repeated Observations
pcnm

Principal Coordinates of Neighbourhood Matrix
permutest.betadisper

Permutation test of multivariate homogeneity of groups dispersions (variances)
procrustes

Procrustes Rotation of Two Configurations and PROTEST
plot.cca

Plot or Extract Results of Constrained Correspondence Analysis or Redundancy Analysis
permustats

Extract, Analyse and Display Permutation Results
ordixyplot

Trellis (Lattice) Plots for Ordination
rarefy

Rarefaction Species Richness
reorder.hclust

Reorder a Hierarchical Clustering Tree
raupcrick

Raup-Crick Dissimilarity with Unequal Sampling Densities of Species
rankindex

Compares Dissimilarity Indices for Gradient Detection
pyrifos

Response of Aquatic Invertebrates to Insecticide Treatment
screeplot.cca

Screeplots for Ordination Results and Broken Stick Distributions
scores

Get Species or Site Scores from an Ordination
renyi

Renyi and Hill Diversities and Corresponding Accumulation Curves
read.cep

Reads a CEP (Canoco) data file
radfit

Rank -- Abundance or Dominance / Diversity Models
sppscores

Add or Replace Species Scores in Distance-Based Ordination
stressplot.wcmdscale

Display Ordination Distances Against Observed Distances in Eigenvector Ordinations
simper

Similarity Percentages
spantree

Minimum Spanning Tree
sipoo

Birds in the Archipelago of Sipoo (Sibbo and BorgÄ)
specpool

Extrapolated Species Richness in a Species Pool
stepacross

Stepacross as Flexible Shortest Paths or Extended Dissimilarities
taxondive

Indices of Taxonomic Diversity and Distinctness
simulate.rda

Simulate Responses with Gaussian Error or Permuted Residuals for Constrained Ordination
specaccum

Species Accumulation Curves
tsallis

Tsallis Diversity and Corresponding Accumulation Curves
vegan-deprecated-lattice

Deprecated lattice Functions in vegan
tolerance

Species tolerances and sample heterogeneities
vegan-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in vegan package
varespec

Vegetation and environment in lichen pastures
treedive

Functional Diversity and Community Distances from Species Trees
vegan-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package vegan
vegan-internal

Internal vegan functions
varpart

Partition the Variation of Community Matrix by 2, 3, or 4 Explanatory Matrices
vegan-package

Community Ecology Package: Ordination, Diversity and Dissimilarities
wascores

Weighted Averages Scores for Species
vegdist

Dissimilarity Indices for Community Ecologists
wcmdscale

Weighted Classical (Metric) Multidimensional Scaling
vegemite

Display Compact Ordered Community Tables