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Palaeoecological and Palaeogeographical Analysis Tools

v0.4.0 · Mar 23, 2020 · GPL (>= 2)

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A set of analytical tools useful in analysing ecological and geographical data sets, both ancient and modern. The package includes functions for estimating species richness (Chao 1 and 2, ACE, ICE, Jacknife), shared species/beta diversity, species area curves and geographic distances and areas.

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Reverse Dependencies (6)

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KnowBR

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GridOnClusters clustAnalytics mxnorm poems

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Version History

12 tracked

new 0.4.0 Mar 10, 2026

updated 0.4.0 ← 0.3.7 diff Mar 22, 2020

updated 0.3.7 ← 0.3.5 diff Mar 29, 2012

updated 0.3.5 ← 0.3.3 diff Aug 16, 2011

updated 0.3.3 ← 0.3.2 diff Nov 30, 2010

updated 0.3.2 ← 0.3.0 diff Oct 10, 2010

updated 0.3.0 ← 0.2.4 diff May 21, 2010

updated 0.2.4 ← 0.2.3 diff Jan 14, 2010

updated 0.2.3 ← 0.2.2 diff Dec 12, 2009

updated 0.2.2 ← 0.2.1 diff Nov 25, 2009

updated 0.2.1 ← 0.2.0 diff Apr 13, 2009

new 0.2.0 Sep 27, 2008