Table 1. Summary of model parameters.
Quantity | Description | Dimensions |
number of spatial dimensions | - | |
spatial domain | ||
location in | ||
th coordinate of | ||
location in (when ) | ||
animal movement pattern | ||
mean animal displacement | ||
variance of animal displacement | ||
diffusion constant | ||
velocity | ||
correlation time | ||
speed | ||
average return-time to nesting site in the home-range model | ||
seed retention time | ||
mean seed retention time | ||
variance of seed retention time | ||
shape parameter of Gamma distribution | - | |
scale parameter of Gamma distribution | ||
seed dispersal kernel | ||
mean seed displacement | ||
standard deviation of seed displacement | ||
excess kurtosis of seed dispersal kernel | - | |
threshold dispersal distance | ||
proportion of seeds falling beyond a threshold dispersal distance | - | |
normalized such that, for each fixed , | - |
Note that = length, = time. A subscript of indicates “in the -direction” (when it is omitted).