R: Barplot in Preston style of an abundance dataset

preston_plot {GUILDS}

R Documentation

Barplot in Preston style of an abundance dataset

Description

This function first sorts abundances into octaves, and then plots the resulting distribution.

Usage

  preston_plot(abund, expected, ...)

Arguments

`abund`	vector containing the number of individuals per species
`expected`	vector containing the expected number of species per octave
`...`	further graphical arguments that can be passed to `barplot()`

Author(s)

Thijs Janzen

Examples

  theta = 10
  m = 0.1
  J = 1000
  I = m * (J - 1) / (1 - m)
  
  abund <- generate.ESF(theta, I, J)
  par(mfrow = c(1,2))
  preston_plot(abund)
  abund.expect <- expected.SAD(theta, m, J)
  preston_plot(abund, abund.expect)

[Package GUILDS version 1.4 Index]