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Estimate phi

Source: R/utils.R
get_phi_hat.Rd

Estimate phi

Usage

get_phi_hat(y, family)

Arguments

y

a numeric vector of species' densities.

family

a character specifying the family of the probability distribution assumed for density. The options are:

  • "gamma" (default): gamma parametrized in terms of its mean;

  • "lognormal": log-normal parametrized in terms of its mean;

  • "loglogistic": log-logistic parametrized in terms of its mean.

  • "lognormal_legacy" (default): log-normal with its usual parametrization;

Value

a numeric scalar representing an estimate for phi

Author

lcgodoy