| Category |
Text Publication |
| Reference Category |
Journals |
| DOI |
10.1111/2041-210X.13792
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| Document |
Shareable Link |
| Title (Primary) |
Rcompadre and Rage - two R packages to facilitate the use of the COMPADRE and COMADRE databases and calculation of life history traits from matrix population models |
| Author |
Jones, O.R.; Barks, P.; Stott, I.; James, T.D.; Levin, S.; Petry, W.K.; Capdevila, P.; Che-Castaldo, J.; Jackson, J.; Römer, G.; Schuette, C.; Thomas, C.C.; Salguero-Gómez, R. |
| Source Titel |
Methods in Ecology and Evolution |
| Year |
2022 |
| Department |
BZF |
| Volume |
13 |
| Issue |
4 |
| Page From |
770 |
| Page To |
781 |
| Language |
englisch |
| Topic |
T5 Future Landscapes |
| Supplements |
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1111%2F2041-210X.13792&file=mee313792-sup-0001-Supinfo.pdf |
| Keywords |
Ageing; Age-structured population model; Life history strategy; Matrix population model; Population dynamics; Population projection model; Stage-structured population model |
| Abstract |
- Matrix population models (MPMs) are an important tool
for biologists seeking to understand the causes and consequences of
variation in vital rates (e.g., survival, reproduction) across life
cycles. Empirical MPMs describe the age- or stage-structured demography
of organisms and usually represent the life history of a population
during a particular time frame at a specific geographic location.
- The COMPADRE Plant Matrix Database and COMADRE Animal
Matrix Database are the most extensive resources for MPM data,
collectively containing >12,000 individual projection matrices for
>1,100 species globally. Although these databases represent an
unparalleled resource for researchers, land managers, and educators, the
current computational tools available to answer questions with MPMs
impose significant barriers to potential COM(P)ADRE database users by
requiring advanced knowledge to handle diverse data structures and
program custom analysis functions.
- To close this knowledge gap, we present two interrelated
R packages designed to (i) facilitate the use of these databases by
providing functions to acquire, quality control, and manage both the MPM
data contained in COMPADRE and COMADRE, and a user’s own MPM data
(Rcompadre), and (ii) present a range of functions to calculate life
history traits from MPMs in support of ecological and evolutionary
analyses (Rage). We provide examples to illustrate the use of both.
- Rcompadre and Rage will facilitate demographic analyses
using MPM data and contribute to the improved replicability of studies
using these data. We hope that this new functionality will allow
researchers, land managers, and educators to unlock the potential behind
the thousands of MPMs and ancillary metadata stored in the COMPADRE and
COMADRE matrix databases, and in their own MPM data.
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| Persistent UFZ Identifier |
https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=25529 |
Jones, O.R., Barks, P., Stott, I., James, T.D., Levin, S., Petry, W.K., Capdevila, P., Che-Castaldo, J., Jackson, J., Römer, G., Schuette, C., Thomas, C.C., Salguero-Gómez, R. (2022):
Rcompadre and Rage - two R packages to facilitate the use of the COMPADRE and COMADRE databases and calculation of life history traits from matrix population models
Methods Ecol. Evol. 13 (4), 770 - 781 10.1111/2041-210X.13792 |
