Linda: Line Transect-Based Nearest Neighbor Distance Analysis

Conducting Line transect-based one-dimensional nearest neighbor distance and conducting hypothesis testing related to local distributional aggregation pattern of species. The reason that such a package is needed is because traditional two-dimensional nearest neighbor distance is not applicable when biodiversity data are sampled via optimal ecological survey methods, like line transects. In comparison to the entire studied region, line transect-collected local biodiversity data are spatially constrained and sampling-limited. To this end, two-dimensional nearest neighbor distance would tend to over-estimate distributional aggregation pattern of species when using this limited biodiversity information. Accordingly, one-dimensional nearest neighbor distance is needed and the associated statistical testing should be established for analyzing line transect-derived biodiversity data.

Version:	1.3
Imports:	doParallel, foreach, iterators, parallel, stats
Published:	2026-07-04
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.Linda (may not be active yet)
Author:	Youhua Chen [aut, cre], Tsung-Jen Shen [aut], Xiaoqin Shi [ctb]
Maintainer:	Youhua Chen <chenyh at cib.ac.cn>
License:	GPL-3
NeedsCompilation:	no
CRAN checks:	Linda results

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Linda.html , Linda.pdf

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