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. 2011 Dec 14;6(12):e28447. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028447

Table 1. Summary of model parameters.

Quantity Description Dimensions
Inline graphic number of spatial dimensions -
Inline graphic spatial domain Inline graphic
Inline graphic location in Inline graphic Inline graphic
Inline graphic Inline graphicth coordinate of Inline graphic Inline graphic
Inline graphic location in Inline graphic (when Inline graphic) Inline graphic
Inline graphic animal movement pattern Inline graphic
Inline graphic mean animal displacement Inline graphic
Inline graphic variance of animal displacement Inline graphic
Inline graphic diffusion constant Inline graphic
Inline graphic velocity Inline graphic
Inline graphic correlation time Inline graphic
Inline graphic speed Inline graphic
Inline graphic average return-time to nesting site in the home-range model Inline graphic
Inline graphic seed retention time Inline graphic
Inline graphic mean seed retention time Inline graphic
Inline graphic variance of seed retention time Inline graphic
Inline graphic shape parameter of Gamma distribution -
Inline graphic scale parameter of Gamma distribution Inline graphic
Inline graphic seed dispersal kernel Inline graphic
Inline graphic mean seed displacement Inline graphic
Inline graphic standard deviation of seed displacement Inline graphic
Inline graphic excess kurtosis of seed dispersal kernel -
Inline graphic threshold dispersal distance Inline graphic
Inline graphic proportion of seeds falling beyond a threshold dispersal distance -
Inline graphic normalized Inline graphic such that, for each fixed Inline graphic, Inline graphic -

Note that Inline graphic = length, Inline graphic = time. A subscript of Inline graphic indicates “in the Inline graphic-direction” (when Inline graphic it is omitted).