A dataset containing the default parameters as in the Schneider et al. (2016)
and used to parametrize the default models. See also
create_model_Unscaled_nuts, create_Lmatrix,
initialise_default_Unscaled_nuts.
schneiderA list with the default parameters:
ambient temperature in Celsius
default temperature, 20 degree Celsius in Kelvin
Boltzmann's constant
20 degree Celsius in Kelvin, used to estimate scaling law of metabolic rates
Hill's exponent of the functional response
consumer/resource optimal body mass ratio
shape of the Ricker function
average predator interference
standard deviation of predator interference
Activation energy for interference
scaling constant of the power-law of handling time with consumer and resource body mass
exponent associated to predator body mass for the allometric scaling of handling time
exponent associated to prey body mass for the allometric scaling of handling time
Activation energy for handling time
normalisation constant for capture coefficient
exponent associated to prey body mass for the allometric scaling of capture coefficient
exponent associated to predator body mass for the allometric scaling of capture coefficient
Activation energy for capture coefficient
Assimilation efficiency associated to the consumption of a plant species
Assimilation efficiency associated to the consumption of an animal species
scaling constant of the power-law of metabolic demand per unit of plant biomass
scaling constant of the power-law of metabolic demand per unit of animal biomass
Activation energy for metabolic rates
TBD
turnover rate of nutrients
Minimum uptake efficiency of plants
Maximum uptake efficiency of plants
Average maximum nutrient concentration
standard deviation of maximum nutrient concentration
relative content of nutrient 1 in plant biomass
Schneider, F. D., Brose, U., Rall, B. C., & Guill, C. (2016). Animal diversity and ecosystem functioning in dynamic food webs. Nature Communications, 7(1), 1-8.