BioTIMEr - Tools to Use and Explore the 'BioTIME' Database
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>.