This is a set of five disersal kernel commonly used to model seeds dispersal.
kernels() kern_gaussian(dist, scal) kern_exponential(dist, scal) kern_exponential_power(dist, scal, shap) kern_2Dt(dist, scal, shap) kern_lognormal(dist, scal, shap) meanDispDist_gaussian(dist, scal) meanDispDist_exponential(dist, scal) meanDispDist_exponential_power(dist, scal, shap) meanDispDist_2Dt(dist, scal, shap) meanDispDist_lognormal(dist, scal, shap)
| dist | a real positive number giving the dispersal distance. |
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| scal | a real positive number giving the scale parameter of the kernel. |
| shap | a real positive number giving the shape parameter of the kernel. |
The pdf values at distance dist.
kern_gaussian: Exponential kernel.
kern_exponential: Exponential kernel.
kern_exponential_power: Dispersal kernels from the exponential-power family.
kern_2Dt: 2Dt kernel.
kern_lognormal: Lognormal kernel.
meanDispDist_gaussian: Exponential kernel.
meanDispDist_exponential: Exponential kernel.
meanDispDist_exponential_power: Dispersal kernels from the exponential-power family.
meanDispDist_2Dt: 2Dt kernel.
meanDispDist_lognormal: Lognormal kernel.
Nathan, R., Klein, E., Robledo-Arnuncio, J.J. and Revilla, E. (2012) Dipsersal Kernels: Review in Dispersal Ecology and Evolution. Oxford University Press.