Re: [R-sig-eco] stochastic population models

2014-02-23 Thread peterhouk1 .
Here is a similar example I'm using for my course, students seemed to enjoy the simulation part at the end. HTH, Peter *t<-100; alpha<-0.01; F<-0.6; N0<-80* *r<-c(r0, numeric(t))* *for (i in 1:t) * *r[i+1]<- {* *runif(1,0.2,1.8)* *}* *N<-c(N0, numeric(t))* *for (i in 1:t) {* *N[i+1]<-*

Re: [R-sig-eco] stochastic population models

2014-02-23 Thread Peter Solymos
Jeff, I am not sure why you need 100 random numbers for r and K, but if your goal is to get stochastic state-space model, you need to define the error term as a separate parameter and run the loop 100 times with the *same* fixed parameter values. When you do this, then you need to be aware of para

[R-sig-eco] stochastic population models

2014-02-23 Thread Stratford, Jeffrey
Hi everyone, I would like to create stochastic population models for an undergraduate course. The goal would be to have students run models, record, results, change parameters, and make inferences on changing the effects. I understand how to draw from distributions, I hit a knowledge wall with l

Re: [R-sig-eco] R-sig-ecology Digest, Vol 71, Issue 14

2014-02-23 Thread Ludovico Frate
Hi Class,My data are number of species per site (specie richness). Regarding the sensitivity of the species richness to the spatial scale I believe and I am pretty sure that I can assume that all species react at the same way to the spatial scale since I am working only with forest in which ecol