Setting up R
Welcome
Having an up-to-date environment is a prerequisite for all FRB-CESAB training courses. Please update your whole system (operating system, software and packages) before starting the course!
This guide will help you install, set up and update a working environment for data science in (and others) required for FRB-CESAB training courses.
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Reproducible research in computational ecology | Link |
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Theory-driven analysis of ecological data | Link |
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Systematic reviews & meta-analyses | Link |
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Analyzing ecological networks | Link |
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Biodiversity data management | Link |
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Artificial intelligence for ecologists: A toolkit | Link |
NB. Not all software is required for all courses: please follow the tutorial that is tailored to your course.
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software required optional not required
Once you’ve installed all the required software, please make sure to set up:
Citation
Casajus N (2025) Setting up a working environment for data science with R. URL: https://frbcesab.github.io/rsetup/
Contributions
If you see mistakes or want to suggest changes, please create an issue on the source repository.
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