Customize species trait table values

updateSpeciesTable(speciesTable, params)

Arguments

speciesTable

A species traits table, with at least the following columns:

  • speciesCode an character representation of species;

  • Area a character of geographical area within a species range for which trait values are relevant;

  • longevity species longevity in years, sexualmature age in years at sexual maturity;

  • shadetolerance numeric value between 1-5 of relative shade tolerance (with respect to other species);

  • seeddistance_eff the "effective" seed dispersal distance;

  • seeddistance_max a numeric with the maximum seed dispersal distance;

  • mortalityshape and growthcurve: growth curve shape parameters. Other columns (e.g. fire-related traits) can also be included depending on LandR modules in use. Please see the LANDIS-II Biomass Succession Extension v3.2.1 manual (Scheller and Miranda 2015) for further detail.

params

A named list (of parameters) of named lists (by species), with species traits overrides (e.g., list(seeddistance_eff = list(Abie_sp = 25))).

Author

Alex Chubaty and Ceres Barros