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

1	compcolM(t, y, params)

`t`	Argument for each time point
`y`	A vector for the populations
`params`	Vector or list of parameters

Returns a list of length one, for use with ode in the deSolve package.

Component 1

vector of the state variables, y.

Hank Stevens <HStevens@muohio.edu>

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

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

levins, compcol, succniche

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")