gauseR - Lotka-Volterra Models for Gause's 'Struggle for Existence'

A collection of tools and data for analyzing the Gause microcosm experiments, and for fitting Lotka-Volterra models to time series data. Includes methods for fitting single-species logistic growth, and multi-species interaction models, e.g. of competition, predator/prey relationships, or mutualism. See documentation for individual functions for examples. In general, see the lv_optim() function for examples of how to fit parameter values in multi-species systems. Note that the general methods applied here, as well as the form of the differential equations that we use, are described in detail in the Quantitative Ecology textbook by Lehman et al., available at <http://hdl.handle.net/11299/204551>, and in Lina K. Mühlbauer, Maximilienne Schulze, W. Stanley Harpole, and Adam T. Clark. 'gauseR': Simple methods for fitting Lotka-Volterra models describing Gause's 'Struggle for Existence' in the journal Ecology and Evolution.

Last updated 1 years ago

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multispatialCCM - Multispatial Convergent Cross Mapping

The multispatial convergent cross mapping algorithm can be used as a test for causal associations between pairs of processes represented by time series. This is a combination of convergent cross mapping (CCM), described in Sugihara et al., 2012, Science, 338, 496-500, and dew-drop regression, described in Hsieh et al., 2008, American Naturalist, 171, 71–80. The algorithm allows CCM to be implemented on data that are not from a single long time series. Instead, data can come from many short time series, which are stitched together using bootstrapping.

Last updated 1 years ago

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ecostatscale - Statistical Scaling Functions for Ecological Systems

Implementation of the scaling functions presented in "General statistical scaling laws for stability in ecological systems" by Clark et al in Ecology Letters <DOI:10.1111/ele.13760>. Includes functions for extrapolating variability, resistance, and resilience across spatial and ecological scales, as well as a basic simulation function for producing time series, and a regression routine for generating unbiased parameter estimates. See the main text of the paper for more details.

Last updated 1 years ago

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pttstability - Particle-Takens Stability

Includes a collection of functions presented in "Measuring stability in ecological systems without static equilibria" by Clark et al. (2022) <doi:10.1002/ecs2.4328> in Ecosphere. These can be used to estimate the parameters of a stochastic state space model (i.e. a model where a time series is observed with error). The goal of this package is to estimate the variability around a deterministic process, both in terms of observation error - i.e. variability due to imperfect observations that does not influence system state - and in terms of process noise - i.e. stochastic variation in the actual state of the process. Unlike classical methods for estimating variability, this package does not necessarily assume that the deterministic state is fixed (i.e. a fixed-point equilibrium), meaning that variability around a dynamic trajectory can be estimated (e.g. stochastic fluctuations during predator-prey dynamics).

Last updated 10 months ago

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partitionBEFsp - Methods for Calculating the Loreau & Hector 2001 BEF Partition

A collection of functions that can be used to estimate selection and complementarity effects, sensu Loreau & Hector (2001) <doi:10.1038/35083573>, even in cases where data are only available for a random subset of species (i.e. incomplete sample-level data). A full derivation and explanation of the statistical corrections used here is available in Clark et al. (2019) <doi:10.1111/2041-210X.13285>.

Last updated 5 years ago

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