[R-sig-eco] error message in package "FD", function dbFD ()

[Sarah Goslee]

I *think* your problem is contained in the help for ?FD, where it says
that for a, rows are sites and species are columns.

But you posted in HTML, and didn't use dput() to provide data, so your
example is hopelessly mangled.

Without a reproducible example that includes some sample data (fake is
fine), the code you used, and some clear idea of what output you
expect, it's impossible to figure out exactly how to help you. Here
are some suggestions for creating a good reproducible example:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/how-to-make-a-great-r-reproducible-example

Sarah

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Laura Riggi <laura.riggi at slu.se> wrote:
> Dear R community,
>
>
>
> I  have some trouble with the dbFD function in the FD package.
>
>> str(a)
>
> 'data.frame':    150 obs. of  48 variables:
>
>> str(x)
>
> 'data.frame':    48 obs. of  9 variables:
>
>
>
> ex1 <- dbFD(x,a)
>
> Error in dbFD(x, a) :
>
>   Species labels in 'x' and 'a' need to be identical and ordered alphabetically (or simply in the same order).
>
>
>
> I have checked multiple time the data set but this message keeps on appearing. The names of the species are identical in both data.frames.
>
>
>
> I was wondering if you could help me by giving me an example of an excel trait and species matrix table to upload for this package. Below is a snapshop of my data. I have also checked that there are no NA's problems and that there is no species abundance = 0 or no community with 0 species.
>
>
>
> Thank you for any advice!
>
> Best
>
> Laura
>
>
>
> Species table (a)
> Agonum_assimile
>
> Agonum_dorsale
>
> Agonum_gracile
>
> Agonum_gracilipes
>
> 2
>
> 3
>
> 0
>
> 0
>
> 0
>
> 6
>
> 0
>
> 0
>
> 1
>
> 10
>
> 0
>
> 0
>
> 1
>
> 5
>
> 0
>
> 0
>
> 0
>
> 8
>
> 0
>
> 0
>
> 2
>
> 7
>
> 0
>
> 0
>
> 1
>
> 6
>
> 0
>
> 0
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Trait table(x)
>
>
> Species
>
> SizeCategoy
>
> Ecology
>
> Reproduction
>
> Diet
>
> Wing
>
> Agonum_assimile
>
> C
>
> nocturnal
>
> spring
>
> Carnivorous
>
> Brachypterous
>
> Agonum_dorsale
>
> B
>
> nocturnal
>
> spring
>
> Carnivorous
>
> Macropterous
>
> Agonum_gracile
>
> B
>
> diurnal
>
> spring
>
> Carnivorous
>
> Macropterous
>
> Agonum_gracilipes
>
> B
>
> both
>
> spring
>
> Carnivorous
>
> Macropterous
>
>
>
>
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