Package: nicheROVER
Title: Niche Region and Niche Overlap Metrics for Multidimensional
        Ecological Niches
Version: 1.1.2
Date: 2023-10-12
Authors@R: c(person("Martin", "Lysy", role = c("aut", "cre"),
                    email = "mlysy@uwaterloo.ca"),
             person("Ashley D.", "Stasko", role = "aut"),
             person("Heidi K.", "Swanson", role = "aut"))
Description: Implementation of a probabilistic method to calculate
        'nicheROVER' (_niche_ _r_egion and niche _over_lap) metrics
        using multidimensional niche indicator data (e.g., stable
        isotopes, environmental variables, etc.). The niche region is
        defined as the joint probability density function of the
        multidimensional niche indicators at a user-defined probability
        alpha (e.g., 95%).  Uncertainty is accounted for in a Bayesian
        framework, and the method can be extended to three or more
        indicator dimensions.  It provides directional estimates of
        niche overlap, accounts for species-specific distributions in
        multivariate niche space, and produces unique and consistent
        bivariate projections of the multivariate niche region.  The
        article by Swanson et al. (2015) <doi:10.1890/14-0235.1>
        provides a detailed description of the methodology.  See the
        package vignette for a worked example using fish stable isotope
        data.
URL: https://github.com/mlysy/nicheROVER
BugReports: https://github.com/mlysy/nicheROVER/issues
Depends: R (>= 1.9.0)
Imports: graphics, stats, utils
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown
VignetteBuilder: knitr
License: GPL-3
LazyData: true
Encoding: UTF-8
RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
Repository: https://mlysy.r-universe.dev
Date/Publication: 2023-10-13 15:50:55 UTC
RemoteUrl: https://github.com/mlysy/nicherover
RemoteRef: HEAD
RemoteSha: 5979bd1b04365132f0424edd65c9da5cf256d15b
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-06-06 08:44:02 UTC; root
Author: Martin Lysy [aut, cre],
  Ashley D. Stasko [aut],
  Heidi K. Swanson [aut]
Maintainer: Martin Lysy <mlysy@uwaterloo.ca>