Вот один вариант с arrange
library(dplyr)
df2 <- df1 %>%
arrange(Type, desc(ave(BdFt, Species, Type, FUN = sum)))
df2
# Type Species BdFt
#1 4404 DF 19740
#2 4404 DF 5930
#3 4404 DF 613
#4 4404 DF 468
#5 4404 DF 167
#6 4404 CO 1817
#7 4404 CO 531
#8 4404 CO 286
#9 4404 CO 31
#10 4404 BM 831
#11 4404 BM 419
#12 4404 BM 242
#13 4404 BM 20
#14 4404 CH 565
#15 4404 CH 206
#16 4404 CH 88
#17 4404 GF 360
#18 4404 GF 232
#19 4404 GF 124
#20 4404 BB 164
#21 4404 BB 55
#22 4410 DF 18756
#23 4410 GF 3642
#24 4410 BM 909
#25 4410 RA 549
#26 4410 CH 161
Или с order
из base R
df1[with(df1, order(Type, -ave(BdFt, Species, Type, FUN = sum))),]
data
df1 <- structure(list(Type = c(4404L, 4404L, 4404L, 4404L, 4404L, 4404L,
4404L, 4404L, 4404L, 4404L, 4404L, 4404L, 4404L, 4404L, 4404L,
4404L, 4404L, 4404L, 4404L, 4404L, 4404L, 4410L, 4410L, 4410L,
4410L, 4410L), Species = c("BB", "BB", "BM", "BM", "BM", "BM",
"CH", "CH", "CH", "CO", "CO", "CO", "CO", "DF", "DF", "DF", "DF",
"DF", "GF", "GF", "GF", "BM", "CH", "DF", "GF", "RA"), BdFt = c(164L,
55L, 831L, 419L, 242L, 20L, 565L, 206L, 88L, 1817L, 531L, 286L,
31L, 19740L, 5930L, 613L, 468L, 167L, 360L, 232L, 124L, 909L,
161L, 18756L, 3642L, 549L)), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA,
-26L))