Question
How to calculate diversity indices?
Answer
Upload your data to Opasnet Base. Use the function diversity to calculate the most common indices.
Actual function diversity
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true <- function(pi, q){
if(q != 1){qD <- (sum(pi^q))^(1 / (1 - q))} else
{qD <- exp(-sum(pi * log(pi)))}
return(qD)
}
diversity <- function(species = 1:length(amount), amount = rep(1,length(species))){
pi <- tapply(amount, species, sum)
pi <- pi/sum(pi)
out <- data.frame(Name = c("True diversity with q=0", "True diversity with q=1", "True diversity with q=2", "True diversity with q=∞", "Richness", "Shannon index", "Simpson index", "Inverse Simpson index", "Gini-Simpson index", "Berger-Parker index"),
Symbol = c("0D", "1D", "2D", "∞D", "S", "H' or log(1D)", "λ or 1/(2D)", "1/λ or 2D", "1-λ or 1-1/(2D)", "1/(∞D)"),
Value = c(true(pi,0), true(pi,1), true(pi,2), 1/max(pi), length(pi), log(true(pi,1)), 1/true(pi,2), true(pi,2), 1-1/true(pi,2), max(pi)))
return(out)
}
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Example to use function
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library(xtable)
if(is.null(data)) {data <- c(1,4,6,9,3,4,5,6,5,4,3,3,5,5,7,5,5,4,3,4,5,6,8,9,5,4,5,4,3,3,4,9,6,6,4,5,3,2,1,1,2,3,4,3,2,3,4,5,6,7,7)}
data
if(individual==TRUE) out <- diversity(species = data) else out <- diversity(amount = data)
print(xtable(out), type = 'html')
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The data should be given in R format as a list of values in parenthesis, beginning with c:
c(3,5,3,5,2,1,3,3,4,2) or equivalently c(0.1,0.2,0.4,0.1,0.2)
where the values are either
- identifiers of the species 1,2,3... in which the individuals belong (one entry per individual), or
- abundancies of species, i.e. proportions of individuals belonging to each species among the whole population (one entry per species).
Rationale
Diversity indices are thoroughly described in Wikipedia.
See also
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