BioTIMEr

The 'BioTIME' database was first published in 2018 and inspired ideas, questions, project and research article. To make it even more accessible, an R package was created. The 'BioTIMEr' package provides tools designed to interact with the 'BioTIME' database. The functions provided include the 'BioTIME' recommended methods for preparing (gridding and rarefaction) time series data, a selection of standard biodiversity metrics (including species richness, numerical abundance and exponential Shannon) alongside examples on how to display change over time. It also includes a sample subset of both the query and meta data, the full versions of which are freely available on the 'BioTIME' website https://biotime.st-andrews.ac.uk/home.php.

Last 30 days

This package has been downloaded 234 times in the last 30 days. More than a random curiosity, but not quite a blockbuster. Still, it's gaining traction! The following heatmap shows the distribution of downloads per day. Yesterday, it was downloaded 3 times.

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Last 365 days

This package has been downloaded 2,135 times in the last 365 days. Now we’re talking! This work is officially 'heard of in academic circles', just like those wild research papers on synthetic bananas. The day with the most downloads was Aug 01, 2024 with 35 downloads.

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