Re: [R-sig-eco] removing singleton taxa

2013-02-19 Thread AdrianR
Thank you, Alex. Your reply was very useful. However, I would just like to point out that the function is called dropspc , not dropsp. Regards, Adrian Rasmussen Alex Thomas wrote > I just joined this list and this is my first reply, so my apologies if I > do > not follow appropriate formalit

Re: [R-sig-eco] removing singleton taxa

2012-12-18 Thread Alex Thomas
I just joined this list and this is my first reply, so my apologies if I do not follow appropriate formalities. Hi Kate, The suggestions already posted are really helpful to understand data manipulation (and actually using R!), but the function dropsp() in package labdsv is exactly what you are l

Re: [R-sig-eco] removing singleton taxa

2012-12-17 Thread Peter Solymos
relied upon when making decisions and > clients should use their own judgement. > > > -Original Message- > From: r-sig-ecology-boun...@r-project.org > [mailto:r-sig-ecology-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Kate Boersma > Sent: Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:23 AM > To:

Re: [R-sig-eco] removing singleton taxa

2012-12-17 Thread Chris Howden
gy-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Kate Boersma Sent: Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:23 AM To: r-sig-ecology@r-project.org Subject: [R-sig-eco] removing singleton taxa Hi list. I am new to R and stuck on a very simple problem. Forgive me if this is not the right forum for my question - feel free to r

Re: [R-sig-eco] removing singleton taxa

2012-12-17 Thread Scott Foster
Hi Kate, This is pretty terse, but try df2 <- df1[,apply( df1, 2, function(x) sum( x>0)) > 1] This subsets the columns of df1 to those that have more than 1 presence. You may want to have a look at ?apply to see how it works. Good luck, Scott PS There are many ways to skin this cat. For e

[R-sig-eco] removing singleton taxa

2012-12-17 Thread Kate Boersma
Hi list. I am new to R and stuck on a very simple problem. Forgive me if this is not the right forum for my question - feel free to refer me elsewhere. I have a community matrix of sites*species, and I want to remove species that only occur in a single site (singleton taxa). It sounds so simpl