'vegan' is a CRAN package for the analysis of ecological communities. It has tools for analysing ecological diversity, and for the multivariate analysis of communities (NMDS, pCCA, pRDA etc.)

• Development Status: 5 - Production/Stable
• Intended Audience: End Users/Desktop
• License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
• Natural Language: English
• Operating System: OS Independent
• Programming Language: C/C++, Fortran, R
• Topic: Multivariate Statistics, Ecological Analysis

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