prepare_thinning {r3PG}

Check and prepare management information.

Description

Prepares the management table and checks for consistency.

Usage

prepare_thinning(thinning = NULL, sp_names = c("Fagus sylvatica",
  "Pinus sylvestris"))

Arguments

thinning

table containing the information about thinnings. If there is no thinning, it must be NULL. The following columns are required:

• species: species or cohort id/name.

• age: age at which thinning is done.

• stems_n: number of trees remaining after thinning

• stem: type of thinning (above/below). Default is 1.

• foliage: type of thinning (above/below). Default is 1.

• root: type of thinning (above/below). Default is 1.

sp_names

names of the species / cohorts used for the simulations. This is required whether 'thinning=NULL' or if not all species are indicated in the 'thinning' table. The 'sp_names' must be identical to those from species table.

Details

This function prepares the thinning table for run_3PG.

In case there is no thinning it will return empty 3-d array.

In case there will be thinning it will return 3-d array, where one dimension correspond to each species.

Value

a 3-dimentional array, where third dimention correspond to each species.

See Also

run_3PG, prepare_input, prepare_parameters, prepare_sizeDist, prepare_climate

Examples

prepare_thinning( thinning = NULL, sp_names = c('Quercus', 'Abies'))

prepare_thinning( thinning = d_thinning, sp_names = c('Fagus sylvatica', 'Pinus sylvestris'))