Mean dispersal distance for the five disersal kernel implemented.

meanDispDist(name, scal, shap = NULL)

Arguments

name

a character string that names of the dispersal kernel chosen.

scal

a real positive number giving the scale parameter of the kernel.

shap

a real positive number giving the shape parameter of the kernel.

Value

The mean dispersal distance.

Details

Currently, valid names are gaussian, exponential, exponential_power, k2Dt and lognormal.

References

Nathan, R., Klein, E., Robledo-Arnuncio, J.J. and Revilla, E. (2012) Dipsersal Kernels: Review in Dispersal Ecology and Evolution. Oxford University Press.

Examples

meanDispDist('gaussian', 10)
#> [1] 8.862269