A numeric, specifying the length of a single side of the arena
mean.log.individuals
Mean log of abundance vector from which species abundances
will be drawn
length.parameter
Length of vector from which species' locations are drawn. Large
values of this parameter dramatically decrease the speed of the function but result in
nicer looking communities
sd.parameter
Standard deviation of vector from which species' locations are
drawn
max.distance
The geographic distance within which neighboring
indivduals should be considered to influence the individual in question
proportion.killed
The percent of individuals in the total arena that should be
considered (as a proportion, e.g. 0.5 = half)
competition.iterations
Number of generations over which to run competition
simulations
Details
This function preps the input for any of the spatial simulations as defined in
defineSimulations. If additional parameters are ever required for those simulations,
they would have to be added as additional arguments here.
Value
A prepared simulations.input object
References
Miller, E. T., D. R. Farine, and C. H. Trisos. 2015. Phylogenetic community
structure metrics and null models: a review with new methods and software.
bioRxiv 025726.