fuzzySim: Fuzzy similarity in species distributions
| dc.contributor.author | Barbosa, A. Márcia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-07T12:04:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-09-07T12:04:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | fuzzySim is an R package for calculating fuzzy similarity in species occurrence patterns. It includes functions for data preparation, such as converting species lists (long format) to presence-absence tables (wide format), obtaining unique abbreviations of species names, or transposing (parts of) complex data frames; and sample data sets for providing practical examples. It can convert binary presence-absence to fuzzy occurrence data, using e.g. trend surface analysis, inverse distance interpolation or prevalence-independent environmental favourability modelling, for multiple species simultaneously. It then calculates fuzzy similarity among (fuzzy) species distributions and/or among (fuzzy) regional species compositions. Currently available similarity indices are Jaccard, Sørensen, Simpson, and Baroni-Urbani & Buser. | por |
| dc.identifier.authoremail | barbosa@uevora.pt | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Barbosa A.M. (2015) fuzzySim: Fuzzy similarity in species distributions. R package version 1.3. Available at: http://R-Forge.R-project.org/projects/fuzzysim. | por |
| dc.identifier.scientificarea | 221 | por |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://fuzzysim.r-forge.r-project.org/ | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/18929 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.rights | openAccess | por |
| dc.subject | similarity | por |
| dc.subject | species distribution modelling | por |
| dc.subject | biogeographic regions | por |
| dc.subject | fuzzy logic | por |
| dc.title | fuzzySim: Fuzzy similarity in species distributions | por |
| dc.type | report | por |