prep_data: Internal Ecospace Functions.

In ecospace: Simulating Community Assembly and Ecological Diversification Using Ecospace Frameworks

Description

Internal functions not intended to be called directly by users.

Usage

prep_data(ecospace, Smax)

Arguments

ecospace	An ecospace framework (functional trait space) of class ecospace.
Smax	Maximum number of species (or other taxa) to include in simulation.

Details

Pre-allocate the basic data frame structure so classes (and factor levels, if used) are properly set. Bit clunky but efficient solution: adding first placeholder column allows cbind to work properly with data frame later, but requires deleting that placeholder at end.

Value

Returns an empty data frame with pre-defined number of species and functional traits of proper class type.

See Also

create_ecospace for how to create an ecospace framework (functional trait space).

ecospace documentation built on July 8, 2020, 5:54 p.m.