[R] Theta and clumping (or aggregation) parameter k

[Johan Kotze]

Hi all, in R the glm.nb models return a theta value, the aggregation
parameter for negative binomial distributions. Crawly in his S-Plus book
talks about the clumping (aggregation) parameter k. Are these two things
(theta and k) different, and if so, what would be the relationship between
the two?

Thank you in advance, 
Johan
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