bdvis

UNLABELLED: Biodiversity studies are relying increasingly on primary biodiversity
records (PBRs) for modelling and analysis. Because biodiversity data are
frequently 'harvested'-i.e. not collected by the researcher for that particular
study, but obtained from data aggregators such as the Global Biodiversity
Information Facility-researchers need to be aware of strengths and weaknesses of
their data before they venture into further analysis. R is becoming a lingua
franca of data exploration and analysis. Here, we describe an R package, bdvis,
which facilitates efforts to understand the gaps and strengths of PBR data with
quick and useful visualization functions. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: The
full code of the R package bdvis, along with instructions on how to install and
use it, is available via CRAN - The Comprehensive R Archive Network
(http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bdvis/index.html) and in the
corresponding author's main GitHub repository:
http://www.github.com/vijaybarve/bdvis The source code is licensed under CC0
CONTACT: vijay.barve@gmail.com.

bdvis: visualizing biodiversity data in R.

bdvis is a software package that provides functions to view various characteristics of biodiversity information in primary biodiversity
records (PBRs). The bdvis includes taxonomic and temporal coverage functions, geographic biases, and the completeness of the inventory.

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