spd {meteR} | R Documentation |
Species Power Distribution
Description
spd.meteESF
calculates the distribution nu(e | N0, S0, E0),
the distribution of average metabolic rates across for each species in a commmunity
Usage
spd(x)
## S3 method for class 'meteESF'
spd(x)
Arguments
x |
an object of class meteESF. |
Details
See examples.
Value
An object of class meteDist
. The object contains a list with the following elements.
- data
The data used to construct the prediction
- d
density funciton
- p
cumulative density function
- q
quantile funtion
- r
random number generator
- La
Vector of Lagrange multipliers
- state.var
State variables used to constrain entropy maximization
- type
Specifies the type of distribution is 'sad'
Author(s)
Andy Rominger <ajrominger@gmail.com>, Cory Merow
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)))
spd1 <- spd(esf1)
[Package meteR version 1.2 Index]