Re: [R-sig-eco] Distinctiveness and contribdiv( )

2010-12-01 Thread Peter Solymos
age- > From: psoly...@gmail.com [mailto:psoly...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Peter > Solymos > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 1:36 PM > To: Pekin, Burak K > Cc: r-sig-ecology@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R-sig-eco] Distinctiveness and contribdiv( ) > > Burak, > Not ex

Re: [R-sig-eco] Distinctiveness and contribdiv( )

2010-12-01 Thread Pekin, Burak K
mber of species within the sites? -Burak -Original Message- From: psoly...@gmail.com [mailto:psoly...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Peter Solymos Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 1:36 PM To: Pekin, Burak K Cc: r-sig-ecology@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R-sig-eco] Distinctiveness and contribdiv( ) Bur

Re: [R-sig-eco] Distinctiveness and contribdiv( )

2010-12-01 Thread Peter Solymos
Burak, Not exactly clear what you want, but Lu et al. 2007 describes the differentiation coefficient D that is the sum(beta)/sum(gamma) and can be obtained as attributes(contribdiv(x))$diff.coef . Note also that there is a link between diversity partitions and distance indices so you might as well

[R-sig-eco] Distinctiveness and contribdiv( )

2010-12-01 Thread Pekin, Burak K
Hello, Is there a diversity index similar to the 'contribution diversity approach' contribdiv()in vegan that reflects only the compositional 'distinctiveness' of a site within a region. contribdiv()combines 'distinctiveness' with a within-site diversity measure such as richness, I on the other