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ESM_SIM_DATA_INPUT

Description: 

ESM_sim_data parameter settings used in metacommunity simulation (MCSim), definitions and labels.

File: 

File ESM_SIM_DATA_INPUT.csv

Variables (click to expand): 

Scenario ID
  • Label: Scenario ID
  • Definition: Scenario ID, an integer used as identifier to distinguish the simulation run or realization.
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
nu
  • Label: Probability of invasion
  • Definition: nu - Metacommunity openness, probability of invasion by a novel taxon, a log uniform distribution
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: .00001
  • Minimum: .01
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
m
  • Label: Recruitment proportion from inmmigrants
  • Definition: m - Metacommunity connectivity, proportion of recruitment events drawing from immigrant pool
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: .999
  • Minimum: .001
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
w
  • Label: Dispersal Slope
  • Definition: w - Dispersal kernel slope, pooled from a log-uniform distribution
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: 200
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
sigma
  • Label:
  • Definition: sigma - Niche-breadth, constant among all taxa in a simulation. Pooled from a log-uniform distribution
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: 2
  • Minimum: 0.01
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
alpha_Fisher
  • Label:
  • Definition: alpha_Fisher - determines shape of the initial rank-abundance curve. Pooed from a uniform distribution
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: 50
  • Minimum: 1
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
n_sites
  • Label:
  • Definition: n_sites - Number of patches in a metacommunity. Pooled from a log-uniform distro.
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: 200
  • Minimum: 20
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
s
  • Label:
  • Definition: s - Scale of environmental heterogeneity, standardized rank PCNM eigenvector used to model spatial variation in E. Pooled from a uniform distribution
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: .988
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
JM
  • Label:
  • Definition: JM Metacommunity size (no. of individuals in a metacommunity at a single point in time). Value pooled from Log-uniform distribution
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: 1000000
  • Minimum: 400
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Source URL: https://mcm.lternet.edu/content/esmsimdatainput