primer (version 0.1)

compcolM: Multi-species competition colonization model, with habitat destruction

Description

Multi-species competition colonization model, with habitat destruction, after Nee and May (1992). For use with ode in the deSolve package.

Usage

compcolM(t, y, params)

Arguments

t

Argument for each time point

y

A vector for the populations

params

Vector or list of parameters

Value

• Returns a list of length one, for use with ode in the deSolve package.
• Component 1
  vector of the state variables, y.

References

S. Nee and R.M. May. Dynamics of metapopulations: habitat destruction and competitive coexistence. Journal of Animal Ecology, 61:37--40, 1992.

Stevens. M.H.H. 2009. A Primer of Ecology with R. Use R! Series. Springer.

See Also

levins, compcol, succniche

Examples

library(deSolve)
S <- 10
ci <- 2^seq(-5, 5, length=S)
m <- rep(.1, S)
params <- list(ci=ci, m=m, S=S, D=0)
init.N <- rep(0.01, S); t=seq(1, 200, .1)
cc.out <- ode(init.N, t, compcolM, params)
matplot(t, cc.out[, -1], type="l", ylab="Proportion of Habitat", xlab="Years")