| calculate_vcs | Extracts varying coefficient estimates (for SVC, TVC and STVC models). |
| chaco | Chaco dry rainforest data (2012-2022) |
| effect_size | Quantifies the relative effect sizes of each component of zmgcv' GAM model. |
| evaluate_models | Evaluates multiple models with each predictor variable specified in different ways in order to determining model form |
| gam_model_rank | Ranks models by AIC, giving the model form for each predictor variable. |