In case you want to reconstruct several patterns at once (e.g. for different points in time if repeated censuses are available), you can use the following code.
In case you want to only create the spatial characteristics, this is straightforward using lapply()
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# create list with patterns
list_pattern <- list(species_a, species_b)
# reconstruct all patterns in list
result <- lapply(list_pattern, function(x) reconstruct_pattern(pattern = x,
n_random = 3,
verbose = FALSE))
The result will be a nested list including all m randomization (including the observed pattern) of the n provided input patterns.
## [[1]]
## [1] 0.06492894 0.05105062 0.04557950
##
## [[2]]
## [1] 0.02771039 0.02980070 0.03049143
Another possible would be to first reconstruct n times the spatial characteristics and afterwards reconstruct the marks m times for each of the n spatial reconstructions.
Firstly, reconstruct only the spatial characteristics n times. The observed pattern is not needed in this case, so you can put return_input = FALSE
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# reconstruct spatial strucutre
reconstructed_pattern <- reconstruct_pattern(species_a,
n_random = 3,
return_input = FALSE,
verbose = FALSE)
Secondly, to reconstruct the (numeric) marks of the observed pattern for each of the spatially reconstructed patterns, just use lapply()
in combination with reconstruct_marks()
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# get only selected marks of input (numeric marks)
species_a_marks <- spatstat::subset.ppp(species_a, select = dbh)
# reconstruct marks 3 times for each input pattern
result_marks <- lapply(reconstructed_pattern,
function(x) reconstruct_marks(pattern = x,
marked_pattern = species_a_marks,
n_random = 3, verbose = FALSE))
Again, the result is a nested list with the same dimensions as provided input patterns and reconstructions.
# get energy
lapply(result_marks, function(x) calculate_energy(pattern = x,
method = "marks", verbose = FALSE))
## $randomized_1
## [1] 0.01957447 0.01975207 0.01921160
##
## $randomized_2
## [1] 0.01954606 0.01945287 0.01998276
##
## $randomized_3
## [1] 0.01980108 0.01994809 0.01970166