Allows the user to define the ecological consequences for species within each site, defining thus species survival and abundance

Allows the user to define the ecological consequences for species within each site, defining thus species survival and abundance

Usage

apply_ecology(abundance, traits, local_environment, config)

Arguments

abundance

a named vector of abundances with one abundance value per species

traits

a named matrix containing the species traits, one row per species

local_environment

the environmental values for the given site

config

the config of the simulation

Value

an abundance vector with the new abundance values for every species. An abundance value of 0 indicates species death, any other values indicates survival.

Details

The arguments of the function allows to apply abiotic and biotic ecological rules to species in each site. Based on those rules, the function updates the abundance of each species in each site. If the abundance is null, the species is absent or extinct. Ecology can account for local environmental conditions, the abundance of species, and/or their traits.