Welcome to metaRange

A framework to build process based species distribution models focusing on metapopulation dynamics and species interactions.

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Overview

Environment

The framework is grid based and each environmental variable is represented by a seperate raster layer. Visualization of the environment data

Species

This environment is inhabited by one or multiple species, where each population is represented by one grid cell of the environment. Visualization of a species with associated data

Mechanisms

Species are defined by traits (any type of biological meaningful data) and processes (mechanisms that define how the species interacts with its environment and other species). Visualization of multiple species with attached processes

Execution

The processes are sorted into a queue, based on a user given priority, and executed each time step. Visualization of the whole simulation

R package

You can install the R package from CRAN with:

install.packages("metaRange")

Or view and install it from the GitHub repository for the latest development version.

devtools::install_github("metaRange/metaRange")

Publications

Fallert, S., Li, L., & Cabral, J. S. (2025). metaRange: A framework to build mechanistic range models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 16, 49–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14461