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the term in plots, but switches to `X1` _etc_ if the full name does
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not fit the graph. Tilde is stripped from the term name.
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* `vegdist` warns now when Morisita index is used with 0/1 integer
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data, and handles smoothly cases when two compared rows have largest
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integer 1 and share no species (used to be `NaN`, now is distance
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1). Morisita index should be used only with count data, most
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above 1. See issue
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* `vegdist` warns now when Morisita index is used with
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presence/absence data or when a sampling unit (row) has no counts
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above 1. Cases when two compared rows have largest count 1 and share
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no species are now handled smoothly (used to be `NaN`), but results
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for 0/1 rows are unreliable. For instance, two sampling units (rows)
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are regarded identical (distance 0) if they share any species
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although they differ in other species. It is best to use
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`method = "horn"` if `"morisita"` gives warnings. See issue
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[#444](https://github.com/vegandevs/vegan/issues/444).
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* `adipart` can use Hill numbers 1 and 2 in additive diversity

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