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title: 'Linda: Line Transect-Based Nearest Neighbor Distance Analysis'
version: '1.3'
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.Linda
abstract: 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.
authors:
- family-names: Chen
  given-names: Youhua
  email: chenyh@cib.ac.cn
- family-names: Shen
  given-names: Tsung-Jen
  email: tjshen@nchu.edu.tw
repository: https://statecol.r-universe.dev
commit: abf69cbd12f634485a069135d87ba0f3a05796aa
date-released: '2026-06-28'
contact:
- family-names: Chen
  given-names: Youhua
  email: chenyh@cib.ac.cn