bioregion1.3.0 package

Comparison of Bioregionalization Methods

dissimilarity_to_similarity

Convert dissimilarity metrics to similarity metrics

dissimilarity

Compute dissimilarity metrics (beta-diversity) between sites based on ...

exportGDF

Export a network to GDF format for Gephi visualization

find_optimal_n

Search for an optimal number of clusters in a list of bioregionalizati...

hclu_diana

Divisive hierarchical clustering based on dissimilarity or beta-divers...

hclu_hierarclust

Hierarchical clustering based on dissimilarity or beta-diversity

hclu_optics

OPTICS hierarchical clustering algorithm

site_species_subset

Extract a subset of sites or species from a bioregion.clusters objec...

bioregionalization_metrics

Calculate metrics for one or several bioregionalizations

compare_bioregionalizations

Compare cluster memberships among multiple bioregionalizations

cut_tree

Cut a hierarchical tree

netclu_infomap

Infomap community finding

netclu_labelprop

Finding communities based on propagating labels

netclu_leadingeigen

Finding communities based on the leading eigenvector of the community ...

netclu_leiden

Finding communities using the Leiden algorithm

netclu_louvain

Louvain community finding

netclu_oslom

OSLOM community finding

netclu_walktrap

Community structure detection via short random walks

nhclu_affprop

Non-hierarchical clustering: Affinity Propagation

nhclu_clara

Non-hierarchical clustering: CLARA

nhclu_clarans

Non-hierarchical clustering: CLARANS

nhclu_dbscan

Non-hierarchical clustering: DBSCAN

nhclu_kmeans

Non-hierarchical clustering: K-means analysis

nhclu_pam

Non-hierarchical clustering: Partitioning Around Medoids

similarity_to_dissimilarity

Convert similarity metrics to dissimilarity metrics

similarity

Compute similarity metrics between sites based on species composition

site_species_metrics

Calculate metrics for sites and species relative to bioregions and cho...

as_bioregion_pairwise

Convert a matrix or list of matrices to a bioregion (dis)similarity ob...

betapart_to_bioregion

Convert betapart dissimilarity to bioregion dissimilarity (DEPRECATED)

bind_pairwise

Combine and enrich bioregion (dis)similarity object(s)

bioregion_colors

Add color palettes to bioregion cluster objects

bioregion_metrics

Calculate contribution metrics for bioregions

install_binaries

Download, unzip, check permissions, and test the bioregion's binary fi...

map_bioregions

Create a map of bioregions

mat_to_net

Create a data.frame from a contingency table

net_to_mat

Create a contingency table from a data.frame

netclu_beckett

Community structure detection in weighted bipartite networks via modul...

netclu_greedy

Community structure detection via greedy optimization of modularity

The main purpose of this package is to propose a transparent methodological framework to compare bioregionalization methods based on hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering algorithms (Kreft & Jetz (2010) <doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02375.x>) and network algorithms (Lenormand et al. (2019) <doi:10.1002/ece3.4718> and Leroy et al. (2019) <doi:10.1111/jbi.13674>).

  • Maintainer: Maxime Lenormand
  • License: GPL-3
  • Last published: 2026-01-23