Measuring Functional Diversity (FD) from Multiple Traits, and Other Tools for Functional Ecology

Computes different multidimensional FD indices. Implements a distance-based framework to measure FD that allows any number and type of functional traits, and can also consider species relative abundances. Also contains other useful tools for functional ecology.


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install.packages("FD")

1.0-12.6 by Marcelino de la Cruz Rot, 12 days ago


Browse source code at https://github.com/cran/FD


Authors: Etienne Laliberté [aut] , Pierre Legendre [aut] , Bill Shipley [aut] , Marcelino de la Cruz Rot [cre]


Documentation:   PDF Manual  


GPL-2 license


Depends on ade4, ape, geometry, vegan


Imported by MosaiClusteR, RHC, STEPCAM, SYNCSA, ecospace, hillR, pez.

Depended on by gawdis.

Suggested by ClusterR, Select, fwtraits, manydist, traitstrap.


See at CRAN