Topic: Growth

Topic Description:

Functions for analyzing tree growth, designed for the standard CTFS R Analytical Tables.



File: growth/growthfit.bin.r

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Function: defineSDpar

Function Description: defineSDpar

For default SD parameters, if nothing else works. Choose the midpoint of x for the middle of 3 parameters.

Function Arguments:

ArgumentDefault Value
x
nopar

Function Source:

defineSDpar=function(x,nopar)
{
if(nopar==2) return(c(0.02,0))
midpoint=0.5*(min(x)+max(x))
return(c(0,midpoint,0.001))
}

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# enoughSamplePerBin
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# Test whether the number of elements in a vector x between successive breaks exceeds a minimum. If
        any # bins have too few, it returns FALSE.
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enoughSamplePerBin=function(x,b,...)
{
extra=list(...)
if(is.null(extra$MINBINSAMPLE)) minsample=0.1
else minsample=extra$MINBINSAMPLE

dbhcat=cut(x,b,right=FALSE)
Npercat=table(dbhcat)
if(length(which(Npercat0) return(FALSE)
else return(TRUE)
}