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Revise rodent data formatting #25

Closed ChloeRN closed 1 year ago

ChloeRN commented 1 year ago

Following discussions on 05/05/23, we should make some changes and additions to rodent data formatting:

  1. Sum rodent abundances corresponding to the fox year (autumn[t] + spring [t+1] instead of spring[t] + autumn[t])
  2. Scale autumn and spring abundances BEFORE summing (this because relative abundances and catchability are not comparable among seasons)
  3. Have two sets of covariates: one species-naive (voles = lemmings) and one weighting voles and lemmings before summing (this giving more weight to lemmings and at least partially offsetting their relatively lower catchability)
ChloeRN commented 1 year ago

For the final decisions on covariate structure, we will have to work with a combination of biological hypotheses and comparing effect size.

ChloeRN commented 1 year ago

Addressed via #27.