Last data update: 2014.03.03

R: Equation of the METE species abundance distribution
metePhiR Documentation

Equation of the METE species abundance distribution

Description

metePhi returns the species abundance distribution (Phi(n)) predicted by METE; vectorized in n

Usage

metePhi(n, la1, la2, Z, S0, N0, E0)

Arguments

n

the value (number of individuals) at which to calculate

Φ

la1,la2

Lagrange multipliers

Z

partition function

S0

Total number of species

N0

Total number of individuals

E0

Total metabolic rate

Details

See Examples

Value

numeric

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

sad.mete

Examples

esf1=meteESF(spp=arth$spp,
              abund=arth$count,
              power=arth$mass^(.75),
              minE=min(arth$mass^(.75)))
metePhi(min(arth$mass^(.75)),
       esf1$La[1],esf1$La[2],
       esf1$Z,esf1$state.var['S0'],
       esf1$state.var['N0'],
       esf1$state.var['E0'])

Results