raw_rho {rdiversity}

Raw rho (low level diversity component)

Description

Calculates the low-level diversity component necessary for calculating raw rho diversity.

Usage

raw_rho(meta)

Arguments

meta

object of class metacommunity

Details

Values generated from raw_rho() may be input into subdiv() and metadiv() to calculate raw subcommunity and metacommunity rho diversity.

Value

raw_rho returns an object of class powermean

References

R. Reeve, T. Leinster, C. Cobbold, J. Thompson, N. Brummitt, S. Mitchell, and L. Matthews. 2016. How to partition diversity. arXiv 1404.6520v3:1–9.

Examples

pop <- data.frame(a = c(1,3), b = c(1,1))
row.names(pop) <- paste0("sp", 1:2)
pop <- pop/sum(pop)
meta <- metacommunity(pop)

# Calculate raw rho component
r <- raw_rho(meta)
subdiv(r, 1)
metadiv(r, 1)