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Represents the abiotic component (environmental suitability) in the BAM framework. Contains raster-based niche models and their sparse matrix representations.

Value

An object of class setA showClass("setA")

Slots

niche_model

A RasterLayer or RasterStack representing the environmental suitability model (binary or continuous)

suit_threshold

Numeric value used to binarize continuous models

cellIDs

Numeric vector of raster cell IDs with non-NA values

suit_values

Numeric vector of suitability values for continuous models

sparse_model

A sparse matrix (dgCMatrix) representation of the niche model

Validity

The niche_model slot must be either a RasterLayer or RasterStack.

Author

Luis Osorio-Olvera & Jorge Soberón