fossil-package {fossil}

fossil: Palaeoecological and Palaeogeographical Analysis Tools

Description

A set of analytical tools useful in analysing ecological and geographical data sets, both ancient and modern. The package includes functions for estimating species richness (Chao 1 and 2, ACE, ICE, Jacknife), shared species/beta diversity, species area curves and geographic distances.

Details

The fossil package is designed to be used by palaeoecologists and palaeobiogeographers, providing to them a set of useful tools including species similarity indices, species estimators, minimum spanning tree/forest functions, and an assortment of other useful tools.

Author(s)

Matthew Vavrek <[e-mail]>