CRAN
nicheROVER 1.0
(Niche) (R)egion and Niche (Over)lap Metrics for Multidimensional Ecological Niches
Released Jul 25, 2014 by Martin Lysy
Dependencies
This package uses a probabilistic method to calculate niche regions and pairwise niche overlap using multidimensional niche indicator data (e.g., stable isotopes, environmental variables, etc.). The niche region is defined as the joint probability density function of the multidimensional niche indicators at a user-defined probability alpha (e.g., 95%). Uncertainty is accounted for in a Bayesian framework, and the method can be extended to three or more indicator dimensions. It provides directional estimates of niche overlap, accounts for species-specific distributions in multivariate niche space, and produces unique and consistent bivariate projections of the multivariate niche region. A forthcoming article by Swanson et al. (Ecology, 2014) provides a detailed description of the methodology. See the package vignette for a worked example using fish stable isotope data.
Installation
Maven
This package can be included as a dependency from a Java or Scala project by including
the following your project's pom.xml file.
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<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.renjin.cran</groupId>
<artifactId>nicheROVER</artifactId>
<version>1.0-b243</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>bedatadriven</id>
<name>bedatadriven public repo</name>
<url>https://nexus.bedatadriven.com/content/groups/public/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
Renjin CLI
If you're using Renjin from the command line, you load this library by invoking:
library('org.renjin.cran:nicheROVER')
Test Results
This package was last tested against Renjin 0.9.2687 on Aug 24, 2018.