AQP / soilDB Demo: Dueling Dendrograms

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Previously, soil profile comparison methods from the aqp package only took into account horizon-level attributes. As of last week the profile_compare() function can now accommodate horizon and site-level attributes. In other words, it is now possible to compute pair-wise dissimilarity between soil profiles using a combination of horizon-level properties (soil texture, pH, color, etc.) and site-level properties (surface slope, vegetation, soil taxonomy, etc.)– continuous, categorical, or boolean.

An example is presented below which is based on the loafercreek sample data set included with the soilDB package. Dissimilarity matrices created from horizon and site+horizon data are compared by placing their respective dendrograms back-to-back. Code from the ape package is used to facilitate dendrogram plotting, manipulation, and indexing. Blue line segments connect matching nodes from each dendrogram. Soil profiles with paralithic contact are marked with orange squares for clarity.

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