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Single-cohort forests

Source: R/tree2forest.R
tree2forest.Rd

Creates a forest object with a single plant cohort

Usage

tree2forest(
  Species,
  Height,
  LAI = NA,
  N = NA,
  DBH = NA,
  Z50 = NA,
  Z95 = NA,
  Z100 = NA,
  CrownRatio = NA,
  FoliarBiomass = NA,
  FuelLoading = NA
)

shrub2forest(
  Species,
  Height,
  LAI = NA,
  Cover = NA,
  Z50 = NA,
  Z95 = NA,
  Z100 = NA,
  CrownRatio = NA,
  FoliarBiomass = NA,
  FuelLoading = NA
)

Arguments

Species

String with species (taxon) name or a non-negative integer for species identity (i.e., 0,1,2,...) matching SpParams.

Height

Plant height (cm).

LAI

Leaf area index (m2/m2)

N

Tree density (ind/ha)

DBH

Tree DBH (cm).

Z50

Depth (in mm) corresponding to 50% of fine roots.

Z95

Depth (in mm) corresponding to 95% of fine roots.

Z100

Depth (in mm) corresponding to 100% of fine roots.

CrownRatio

Crown ratio (fraction of total height)

FoliarBiomass

Standing dry biomass of leaves (kg/m2)

FuelLoading

Fine fuel loading (kg/m2)

Cover

Percent cover

Value

An object of class forest

See also

forest, emptyforest

Author

Miquel De Cáceres Ainsa, CREAF

Examples


oak_forest <-tree2forest("Quercus ilex", Height= 200, LAI = 2)
oak_forest
#> $treeData
#>        Species DBH Height  N Z50 Z95 LAI
#> 1 Quercus ilex  NA    200 NA  NA  NA   2
#> 
#> $shrubData
#> [1] Species Height  Cover   Z50     Z95    
#> <0 rows> (or 0-length row.names)
#> 
#> $herbCover
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> $herbHeight
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> $seedBank
#> [1] Species Percent
#> <0 rows> (or 0-length row.names)
#> 
#> attr(,"class")
#> [1] "forest" "list"