generateDataStoch: Generates data with stochastic covariates.
Description
Simulates growth, survival, fecundity to create a dataframe of the
form required by the functions and methods used in IPMpack.
Usage
generateDataStoch()
Arguments
Value
A dataframe with headings:
- "size": continuous variable, indicating current size.
- "sizeNext": continuous variable, indicating size in the next time step.
- "surv": boolean, indicating whether individual survived or not to the next time step.
- "covariate1", "covariate2", "covariate3", ...: discrete or continuous covariates.
- "fec": continuous variable, indicating fecundity, that is, per-capita contributions via sexual reproduction.
References
Caswell. 2001. Matrix population models: construction, analysis, and interpretation. 2nd ed. Sinauer. p377-502.
Rees & Ellner. 2009. Integral projection models for populations in temporally varying environments. The American Naturalist 79, p575-594.