get_skewness {rTPC}

Estimates skewness of a thermal performance curve

Description

Estimates skewness of a thermal performance curve

Usage

get_skewness(model)

Arguments

model

nls model object that contains a model of a thermal performance curve

Details

Skewness is calculated from the values of activation energy (e) and deactivation energy (eh) as: skewness = e - eh. A negative skewness indicates the TPC is left skewed, the drop after the optimum is steeper than the rise up to the optimum. A positive skewness means that the TPC is right skewed and a value of 0 would mean the curve is symmetrical around the optimum.

Value

Numeric estimate of skewness