Last data update: 2014.03.03
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R: Relationship between mean metabolic rate (ar{epsilon}) and...
Relationship between mean metabolic rate (ar{ε}) and abundance
Description
ebar calculates the relationship between average metabolic rate of a species and that species' abundance. Also known as the Damuth relationship
Usage
ebar(x)
Arguments
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an object of class meteESF.
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Details
See examples.
Value
An object of class meteRelaT . The object contains a list with the following elements.
pred predicted relationship
obs observed relationship
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)))
damuth <- ebar(esf1)
Results
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