Workshop at ESA 2024: Explore and Work with Continental-Scale Biodiversity Data Using the ecocomDP R package

Attending the ESA 2024 Meeting this August in Long Beach? Join us for a workshop on working with biodiversity data!

This course will introduce tools to work with biodiversity data holdings from NEON, the LTER network, and EDI that can be accessed in a standardized format using the ecocomDP package for R. Instruction will include an overview of the breadth of NEON, LTER, and EDI organismal datasets before an introduction to data discovery and visualization tools available in the ecocomDP package. Participants will learn how to access and work with NEON and LTER datasets in the ecocomDP data format. We will then demonstrate how to analyze ecocomDP formatted data with commonly used community ecology libraries for R (e.g., vegan, iNext) by walking through an example visualization and analysis (e.g., plot an ordination, calculate diversity partitions). At the end of the session, time will be reserved for participants to work with the datasets of their choice with instructors present to address any questions that arise. Basic familiarity with R is required for participation in this course.

Learn more and register here on the ESA program!