Description
Compare a seed transfer delay with a supplied allowed window.
Conservation monitoring depends on survey effort, detection assumptions, area/time bases and explicit unknown-status policies. A local probability or coverage ratio describes supplied observations and models without establishing population abundance, ecological success or legal protection.
Compare a seed transfer delay with a supplied allowed window.
When to use this tool
Use Seed Provenance Transfer Window Gap when checking a supplied conservation-monitoring, geometry or evidence-basis convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter sourceDay, transferDay, suppliedMinDelay, suppliedMaxDelay. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read delay, lowerSlack, upperSlack. Use the output convention below.
Compare a seed transfer delay with a supplied allowed window. Require whole 0 <= suppliedMinDelay <= suppliedMaxDelay; delay = transferDay-sourceDay, lowerSlack = delay-minimum, upperSlack = maximum-delay.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| sourceDay | Source Day | Required. Safe integer. |
| transferDay | Transfer Day | Required. Safe integer. |
| suppliedMinDelay | Supplied Min Delay | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| suppliedMaxDelay | Supplied Max Delay | Required. Safe integer. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| delay | Delay | Required. Safe integer. |
| lowerSlack | Lower Slack | Required. Safe integer. |
| upperSlack | Upper Slack | Required. Safe integer. |
{
"input": {
"sourceDay": 100,
"transferDay": 110,
"suppliedMinDelay": 5,
"suppliedMaxDelay": 20
},
"output": {
"delay": 10,
"lowerSlack": 5,
"upperSlack": 10
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Day coordinates and provenance limits are supplied; seed viability, ecological suitability and legal transfer permissions are not established.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use an appropriate ecological sampling and detection model, verified field records and actual habitat geometry for substantive conservation inference.
References
Similar or alternative tools
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