VoCC: An r package for calculating the velocity of climate change and related climatic metrics. Issue 12 (7th October 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- VoCC: An r package for calculating the velocity of climate change and related climatic metrics. Issue 12 (7th October 2019)
- Main Title:
- VoCC: An r package for calculating the velocity of climate change and related climatic metrics
- Authors:
- García Molinos, Jorge
Schoeman, David S.
Brown, Christopher J.
Burrows, Michael T. - Editors:
- Orme, David
- Abstract:
- Abstract: Climate change is a primary global driver of biodiversity reorganization. The velocity of clisecondary functions, or to produce output for display (see mate change and related metrics describe the spatial change of climatic variables over time, allowing quantification of climate change exposure and connectivity, facilitating insights into the potential scope of species' range‐shift responses. These metrics have been extensively used in climate‐change ecology research and provide useful information for conservation. Multiple extensions to the original concept of climate velocity have been proposed since first presented nearly a decade ago. However, despite its utility, no software application is currently available that brings all these methods together. The r package VoCC fills this gap by providing a comprehensive collection of functions that calculate climate velocity and related metrics from their initial formulation to the latest developments. Here, we introduce the core package functionality through a series of applied examples. The collection of functions in the VoCC package represents a new, useful addition to the existing portfolio of tools with which to assess risks posed by climate change to species and ecosystems. Foreign Language Abstract Resumen: El cambio climático es un factor global de reorganización de la biodiversidad. La velocidad del cambio climático y otros índices relacionados describen el cambio espaciotemporal de variables climáticas,Abstract: Climate change is a primary global driver of biodiversity reorganization. The velocity of clisecondary functions, or to produce output for display (see mate change and related metrics describe the spatial change of climatic variables over time, allowing quantification of climate change exposure and connectivity, facilitating insights into the potential scope of species' range‐shift responses. These metrics have been extensively used in climate‐change ecology research and provide useful information for conservation. Multiple extensions to the original concept of climate velocity have been proposed since first presented nearly a decade ago. However, despite its utility, no software application is currently available that brings all these methods together. The r package VoCC fills this gap by providing a comprehensive collection of functions that calculate climate velocity and related metrics from their initial formulation to the latest developments. Here, we introduce the core package functionality through a series of applied examples. The collection of functions in the VoCC package represents a new, useful addition to the existing portfolio of tools with which to assess risks posed by climate change to species and ecosystems. Foreign Language Abstract Resumen: El cambio climático es un factor global de reorganización de la biodiversidad. La velocidad del cambio climático y otros índices relacionados describen el cambio espaciotemporal de variables climáticas, proporcionando medidas de exposición y conectividad climáticas relacionadas con los cambios potenciales de la distribución de especies. Estos índices han sido usados profusamente en estudios de ecología del cambio climático y proporcionan información útil en materia de conservación. Múltiples extensiones han sido propuestas desde que la velocidad del cambio climático se presentó hace ya una década. Sin embargo, y a pesar de su utilidad, todavía no existe ninguna aplicación informática que incluya todos estos métodos e índices. El paquete de R VoCC viene a llenar este vacío proporcionando una colección exhaustiva de funciones para el cálculo de la velocidad de cambio climático e índices relacionados. Este artículo introduce la funcionalidad principal del paquete a través de una serie de ejemplos prácticos. El conjunto de funciones disponibles en el paquete VoCC representa una nueva y útil adición al conjunto de herramientas existentes para la estimación de los riesgos asociados al cambio climático para especies y ecosistemas. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Methods in ecology and evolution. Volume 10:Issue 12(2019)
- Journal:
- Methods in ecology and evolution
- Issue:
- Volume 10:Issue 12(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 10, Issue 12 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- 12
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0010-0012-0000
- Page Start:
- 2195
- Page End:
- 2202
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10-07
- Subjects:
- biodiversity reorganization -- climate change -- conservation -- velocity of climate change -- priorization -- species' range-shift
Ecology -- Periodicals
Evolution -- Periodicals
577 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)2041-210X ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/2041-210X.13295 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2041-210X
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