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generate.ESF {GUILDS} | R Documentation

## Generate community data under the standard neutral model of biodiversity, using the urn scheme as described in Etienne 2005

### Description

This function generates community data under the standard neutral model of biodiversity, using the urn scheme as described in Etienne 2005

### Usage

    generate.ESF(theta, I, J)

### Arguments

`theta` | Fundamental biodiversity number theta
`I` | Fundamental dispersal number I
`J` | total number of individuals in the local community

### Value

Vector containing the unlabeled species abundances in the local community

### Author(s)

Thijs Janzen & Bart Haegeman

### References

Etienne, R.S. (2005). A new sampling formula for neutral biodiversity. Ecology Letters, 8(3), 253-260.

### Examples

    	generate.ESF(theta=42,I=10,J=2000);

[Package GUILDS version 1.3 Index]