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Box predation kernel

Source: R/pred_kernel_funcs.R
box_pred_kernel.Rd

A predation kernel where the predator/prey mass ratio is uniformly distributed on an interval.

Usage

box_pred_kernel(ppmr, ppmr_min, ppmr_max)

Arguments

ppmr

A vector of predator/prey size ratios

ppmr_min

Minimum predator/prey mass ratio

ppmr_max

Maximum predator/prey mass ratio

Value

A vector giving the value of the predation kernel at each of the predator/prey mass ratios in the ppmr argument.

Details

Writing the predator mass as \(w\) and the prey mass as \(w_p\), the feeding kernel is 1 if \(w/w_p\) is between ppmr_min and ppmr_max and zero otherwise. The parameters need to be given in the species parameter dataframe in the columns ppmr_min and ppmr_max.

See also

setPredKernel()

Other predation kernel: lognormal_pred_kernel(), power_law_pred_kernel(), truncated_lognormal_pred_kernel()

Examples

params <- NS_params
# Set all required paramters before changing kernel type
species_params(params)$ppmr_max <- 4000
species_params(params)$ppmr_min <- 200
species_params(params)$pred_kernel_type <- "box"
plot(w_full(params), getPredKernel(params)["Cod", 10, ], type="l", log="x")