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Extending functional niche generator to include skew normal distribution
We don't necessarily know that the fundamental niche is elliptical, and some of the early niche theory that virtualNicheR is based upon used more 'egg-shaped' niches (Maguire 1973).
Jiménez et al. (2019) generated fundamental niches using a skew normal distribution which does produce 'egg-shaped' niches, so this could be a useful future enhancement for virtualNicheR if there was a need for these shapes.