Tools for translating environmental change into organismal response. Microclimate models to vertically scale weather station data to organismal heights. The biophysical modeling tools include both general models for heat flows and specific models to predict body temperatures for a variety of ectothermic taxa. Additional functions model and temporally partition air and soil temperatures and solar radiation. Utility functions estimate the organismal and environmental parameters needed for biophysical ecology. 'TrenchR' focuses on relatively simple and modular functions so users can create transparent and flexible biophysical models. Many functions are derived from Gates (1980) <doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-6024-0> and Campbell and Norman (1988) <isbn:9780387949376>.

The analysis of environmental data often requires
	     the detection of trends and change-points. 
	     This package includes tests for trend detection
	     (Cox-Stuart Trend Test, Mann-Kendall Trend Test, 
	     (correlated) Hirsch-Slack Test,
             partial Mann-Kendall Trend Test, multivariate (multisite)
	     Mann-Kendall Trend Test, (Seasonal) Sen's slope, 
	     partial Pearson and Spearman correlation trend test),
             change-point detection (Lanzante's test procedures, 
	     Pettitt's test, Buishand Range Test,
	     Buishand U Test, Standard Normal Homogeinity Test),
	     detection of non-randomness (Wallis-Moore Phase Frequency Test,
	     Bartels rank von Neumann's ratio test, Wald-Wolfowitz Test)
	     and the two sample Robust Rank-Order Distributional Test.

Innovative Trend Analysis is a graphical method to examine the trends in time series data. Sequential Mann-Kendall test uses the intersection of prograde and retrograde series to indicate the possible change point in time series data. Distribution free cumulative sum charts indicate location and significance of the change point in time series.
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