Customize species trait table values
updateSpeciesTable(speciesTable, params)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.
A named list (of parameters) of named lists (by species), with species
traits overrides (e.g., list(seeddistance_eff = list(Abie_sp = 25))).