make_hmsc_model()

make_hmsc_model R Documentation

Make HMSC Model

Description

Create a Hierarchical Modelling of Species Communities (HMSC) model to fit community and abiotic data.

Usage 

make_hmsc_model(
  data_to_fit = NULL,
  sel_formula = NULL,
  random_structure = NULL,
  error_family = c("normal", "binomial")
)

Arguments

data_to_fit

A list containing the community and abiotic data to fit the model.

random_structure

A list containing the random structure for the model, including the study design and random levels.

error_family

A character string specifying the error family. Options are "normal" or "binomial" (default: "normal").

Details

If ‘error_family’ is "binomial", the community data is converted to binary presence/absence data, and the error family is set to "probit".

Value

returns an unfitted HMSC model object.

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