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Plot Rank-Abundance Curve

Source: R/analysis.R
plot_rank_abundance.Rd

Draws observed and theoretical rank-abundance (SAD) curves on a log-scaled abundance axis. The input should be the combined table returned by calculate_rank_abundance(), which contains one row per rank with a Source column distinguishing Observed vs Theoretical.

Usage

plot_rank_abundance(rank_abundance_data)

Arguments

rank_abundance_data

A data frame with (at minimum) the columns Rank (integer rank starting at 1), Abundance (non-negative numeric counts), and Source (factor/character with levels such as "Observed" and "Theoretical").

Value

A ggplot object.

Details

The y-axis is displayed on a base-10 logarithmic scale. Lines and points are styled by Source (solid vs dashed; different shapes and colors).

See also

calculate_rank_abundance

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
ra <- calculate_rank_abundance(species_dist, P)
plot_rank_abundance(ra)
} # }