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virtualspecies (version 1.6)

Generation of Virtual Species Distributions

Description

Provides a framework for generating virtual species distributions, a procedure increasingly used in ecology to improve species distribution models. This package integrates the existing methodological approaches with the objective of generating virtual species distributions with increased ecological realism.

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install.packages('virtualspecies')

Monthly Downloads

441

Version

1.6

License

GPL (>= 2.0)

Maintainer

Boris Leroy

Last Published

September 26th, 2023

Functions in virtualspecies (1.6)

quadraticFun

Quadratic function
sampleOccurrences

Sample occurrences in a virtual species distribution
generateSpFromFun

Generate a virtual species distributions with responses to environmental variables
generateSpFromPCA

Generate a virtual species distribution with a PCA of environmental variables
generateRandomSp

Generate a random virtual species distribution from environmental variables
custnorm

Normal function defined by extremes
linearFun

Linear function
convertToPA

Convert a virtual species distribution (or a suitability raster) into presence-absence
limitDistribution

Limit a virtual species distribution to a defined area
generateSpFromBCA

Generate a virtual species distribution from a Between Component Analysis of environmental variables
betaFun

Beta response function
synchroniseNA

Synchronise NA values among layers of a stack
plotSuitabilityToProba

Visualise the function that was used to transform environmental suitability into probability of occurrence
virtualspecies-package

Generation of virtual species
removeCollinearity

Remove collinearity among variables of a raster stack
formatFunctions

Format and visualise functions used to generate virtual species with generateSpFromFun
logisticFun

Logistic function
plotResponse

Visualise the response of the virtual species to environmental variables