inst/non_lin_models/Mod_p2.R

In txm676/mmSAR2: Fit and Compare Species-Area Relationship Models Using Multimodel Inference

# PERSISTENCE FUNCTION 2 (TJORVE 2009)
model <- list(
  name=c("Persistence function 2"),
  formula=expression(S == c*A^z * exp(-d/A)),
  exp=expression(c*A^z * exp(-d/A)),
  mod=s~c*a^z * exp(-d/a),
  shape="sigmoid",
  asymp=function(pars)FALSE,
  custStart=function(data)c(5,.25,.15),
  #limits for parameters
  parLim = c("Rplus","Rplus","R"),
  #initials values function
  init=function(data){
    if(any(data$S==0)){
    log.data=data.frame(A=log(data$A),S=log(data$S+.5))
    }else{
      log.data=log(data)
      }
    res=stats::lm(S~A,log.data)$coefficients
    c(res[1],res[2],.1)}
)