Boone Heterogeneity Measure
index_boone(x, ...)# S4 method for matrix
index_boone(x, j = NULL, na.rm = FALSE, ...)
A numeric vector.
A \(m \times p\) numeric matrix of count data
(absolute frequencies, i.e. a contingency table).
Currently not used.
An integer giving the index of the reference type/taxa.
If NULL (the default), the most frequent type/taxa in any assemblage will
be used.
A numeric scalar: should missing values (including NaN) be
removed?
N. Frerebeau
Boone, J. L. (1987). Defining and Measuring Midden Catchment. American Antiquity, 52(2), 336-45. tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.2307/281785").
Kintigh, K. W. (1989). Sample Size, Significance, and Measures of Diversity. In Leonard, R. D. and Jones, G. T., Quantifying Diversity in Archaeology. New Directions in Archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 25-36.
Other alpha diversity measures:
index_ace(),
index_baxter(),
index_berger(),
index_brillouin(),
index_chao1(),
index_chao2(),
index_hurlbert(),
index_ice(),
index_margalef(),
index_mcintosh(),
index_menhinick(),
index_shannon(),
index_simpson(),
index_squares(),
observed()