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Simulated data and code for analysis of herpetofauna response to forest management in the Missouri Ozarks

Author

Rota, Christopher T.
Wolf, Alexander J.
Renken, Rochelle B
Gitzen, Robert A.
Fantz, Debby K.
Montgomery, Robert A.
Olson, Matthew G.
Vangilder, Larry D.
Millspaugh, Joshua J.
0000-0001-8507-8197

Abstract

We present predictor variables and R and Stan code for simulating and analyzing counts of Missouri Ozark herpetofauna in response to three forest management strategies. Our code performs four primary purposes: import predictor variables from spreadsheets; simulate synthetic response variables based on imported predictor variables and user-supplied values for data-generating parameters; format synthetic data for export to Stan; and analyze synthetic data.