ITforaging: Converts IT measures to foraging distance for bees.

In ibartomeus/BeeIT: Tools to estimate tongue length

Description

Calculates foraging distande from Greenleaf et al. (2007) using intertegular distance values (IT).

Usage

ITforaging(IT, type = "all")

Arguments

IT	A vector of bee intertegular spans (IT) measurments in cm.
type	The type of foraging distance desired. Options are "all", "Maximum homing distance", "Typical homing distance", "Maximum feeder training distance", "Maximum communication distance". See details in Greenleaf et al. 2007.

Value

A dataframe with bee and foraging distance (Km) is returned for each bees species. mhd: Maximum homing distance thd: Typical homing distance mfd: Maximum feeder training distance mcd: Maximum communication distance

References

Greenleaf, S.S., Williams, N.M., Winfree, R. & Kremen, C. (2007) Bee foraging ranges and their relationship to body size. Oecologia, 153, 589-596.

Examples

ITforaging(c(10,5,2))
ITforaging(c(10,5,2), type = "Typical homing distance")

ibartomeus/BeeIT documentation built on Nov. 23, 2020, 10:15 a.m.