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gecko (version 1.0.2)

Geographical Ecology and Conservation Knowledge Online

Description

Includes a collection of geographical analysis functions aimed primarily at ecology and conservation science studies, allowing processing of both point and raster data. Now integrates SPECTRE (), a dataset of global geospatial threat data, developed by the authors.

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Vasco V. Branco

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September 2nd, 2025

Functions in gecko (1.0.2)

normalize

Normalize raster.
outliers.visualize

Visual detection of outliers.
performance.metrics

Performance of model predictions
spectre.citations

Get in text citations for SPECTRE layers
splitDataset

Split a dataset for model training
stats

Get a short summary of a given raster segment.
spectre.points

Get SPECTRE data from points.
thin

Spatial thinning of occurrence records.
spectre.template

Download the SPECTRE template.
spectrify

Make a raster layer SPECTRE compatible
distance

Create distance layer.
clean

Uniformize raster layers.
gecko.setDir

Setup GIS directory.
create.east

Create eastness layer.
confusion.matrix

Create a confusion matrix
create.north

Create northness layer.
gecko.getDir

Read GIS directory.
create.long

Create longitude layer.
create.lat

Create latitude layer.
gecko.data

Example data packaged with gecko
outliers.detect

Detect outliers in a set of geographical coordinates
reduce

Reduce dimensionality of raster layers.
gecko.worldclim.load

Download worldclim files.
move

Move records to closest non-NA cell.
gecko.worldclim

Download worldclim files.
outliers.detect.mass

Detect outliers for a multi-species set of geographical coordinates
spectre.area

Get SPECTRE raster segments.