Pack: Keyfitz's delta pack

Description:

The Keyfit delta Workflow provides an environment to calculate the Keyfit delta value. Keyfitz’s delta is a measure of the distance between any two probability vectors (Keyfitz 1968). In this case is a measure of the distance between n (Observed Stage Distribution) and w (Stable Stage Distribution). The maximum value is 1 and the minimum value is 0 (when the vectors are identical).

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This workflow has been created by the Biodiversity Virtual e-Laboratory (BioVeL http://www.biovel.eu/) project. BioVeL is funded by the EU’s Seventh Framework Program, grant no. 283359.

This workflow was created using and based on Package “popdemo” in R.

Caswell, H. 2001. Matrix population models: Construction, analysis and interpretation, 2nd Edition. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts.

Jongejans E. & H. de Kroon. 2012. Matrix models. Chapter in Encyclopaedia of Theoretical Ecology (eds. Hastings A & Gross L) University of California, p415-423

Keyfitz, N. 1968. Introduction to the Mathematics of Populations. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, USA.

Oostermeijer J.G.B., M.L. Brugman; E.R. de Boer; H.C.M. Den Nijs. 1996. Temporal and Spatial Variation in the Demography of Gentiana pneumonanthe, a Rare Perennial Herb. The Journal of Ecology, Vol. 84(2): 153-166.

Stott, I., D.J. Hodgson and S. Townley. 2013. popdemo: Provides Tools For Demographic Modelling Using Projection Matrices. Version 0.1-3.

Description:

This is documentation (tutorial to run the workflow) explains how to run a workflow that belongs to the pack with the same name.

The Keyfitz’s delta Workflow provides an environment to calculate the Keyfitz delta value. Keyfitz’s delta is a measure of the distance between any two probability vectors (Keyfitz 1968). In this case is a measure of the distance between n (Observed Stage Distribution) and w (Stable Stage Distribution). The maximum value is 1 and the minimum value is 0 (when the vectors are identical).

Description:

This is a .txt file of a stage matrix of the species: Gentiana pneumonanthe, collected and published by Gerard Oostermeijer (Instituut voor Biodiversiteit en Ecosysteem Dynamica (IBED), Universiteit van Amsterdam).

This file allow users to run the workflow: Life Table Response Experiments (LTRE)_Year Effect One Location V1 (http://www.myexperiment.org/packs/590.html)

If you use the file please quote as:

Oostermeijer, J.G.B. M.L. Brugman, E.R. de Boer; H.C.M. Den Nijs. 1996. Temporal and Spatial Variation in the Demography of Gentiana pneumonanthe, a Rare Perennial Herb. The Journal of Ecology, 84: 153-166.