kmax_t: Carrying capacity of the island

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References See Also

View source: R/kmax_t.R

Description

This function calculates the carrying capacity of the island (Equation 9 in Appendix 2 of Borregaard et al. 2016)

Usage

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kmax_t(Ms, Elevation_t, Topography_t, Area_t, Z, Ma)

Arguments

Ms

Species richness of the mainland source pool

Elevation_t

Elevation

Topography_t

Topography

Area_t

Area

Z

The exponent of the species-area relationship between the island and the source area

Ma

The realized size of the source area that provides new species

Value

Carrying capacity of the island

Author(s)

Torsten Hauffe

References

Borregaard, M. K., T. J. Matthews and R. J. Whittaker (2016). The general dynamic model: towards a unified theory of island biogeography? Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25(7), 805-816.

See Also

calc_diversity


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