absoluteIncreaseALL {TRADER}

Overal function for Fraver & White 2005 method called "absolute increase"

Description

Absolute-increase method is the alternative to percent-increase method.

Usage

absoluteIncreaseALL(data, abs = NULL, abs.threshold = NULL, 
  m1 = 10, m2 = 10, buffer = 2, drawing = TRUE, 
  gfun = mean, length = 2, storedev = pdf, prefix = NULL, ...)

Arguments

data

A data.frame with series as columns and years as rows such as that produced by read.* function of dplR .

abs

Optional parameter usable for precomputed absolute increases.

abs.threshold

Threshold of absolute-increase, see destription.

m1

Determines the number of years to be averaged (including target year) for period prior the potential releas.

m2

Determines the number of years to be averaged (excluding target year) for period subsequent the potential release.

buffer

Number of years determining how close to one another two releases can be.

prefix

Prefix of saved files.

drawing

If TRUE, graphical outputs for individual trees.

gfun

Determines if M1 and M2 values are mean or median for selected period.

length

Determines how many years have to be given critera exceeded to be considered as release.

storedev

Format for saving the graphical outputs, eg. pdf or jpeg.

...

Further arguments pasted to plot function.

Details

In cases where species autecology (mean growth rate, species sensitivity, and range of growth responses) is well known, it is possible to determine the absolute threshold for release detection, instead of thresholds based on relative growth. Empirically determined absolute-increase threshold for each species roughly corresponded to 1.25 times the standard deviation (Fraver & White 2005). The absolute-increase method has only one threshold, and no distinction is made between moderate and major releases.

Value

Write many tables and figures in the current directory.

Note

Check reference.

Author(s)

Pavel Fibich <[e-mail]>, Jan Altman <[e-mail]>, Tuomas Aakala <[e-mail]>, Jiri Dolezal <[e-mail]>

References

Fraver, S. & White, A.S. 2005. Identifying growth releases in dendrochronological studies of forest disturbance. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere, 35, 1648-1656.

See Also

absoluteIncrease, doAll

Examples

data(relData)
absoluteIncreaseALL(relData1)
absoluteIncreaseALL(relData1,length=3,buffer=4,storedev=pdf)