BVBruno Vilela de Moraes e SilvaEcology | UFBA
Software

Open Scientific Tools

I develop and collaborate on open tools for biodiversity, macroecology, biogeography, phylogenetics and data science, mainly in R. Below is a selection of the main available packages and applications.

letsR

R
Development

Package to handle, process and analyze geographic species-distribution data and environmental variables in macroecology.

64.385CRAN downloads
67430-day downloads
29GitHub stars
Richness maps
Presence-absence matrices
Beta diversity
Species-area curves

spThin

R
Collaboration

Functions for spatial thinning of occurrence records, reducing autocorrelation and spatial bias before ecological modelling.

173.442CRAN downloads
1.77630-day downloads
2GitHub stars
Spatial filtering
Minimum distance between occurrences
Preparation for niche models

Wallace

R/Shiny
Collaboration

Modular, open and reproducible application for ecological niche and species distribution modelling, with a Shiny graphical interface.

141.466CRAN downloads
1.23530-day downloads
143GitHub stars
Interactive SDM
Reproducible workflows
Map visualization
Analysis export

NUPEX

R
Development

Package to support analyses of academic output from Lattes XML files and other administrative sources.

Lattes XML import
Academic indicators
Output reports

expowo

R
Collaboration

Package to mine global plant diversity and distribution data from Plants of the World Online, producing lists, maps and charts.

11.450CRAN downloads
29730-day downloads
9GitHub stars
POWO mining
Richness maps
Taxonomic lists
Discovery history

randtip

R
Collaboration

Package to expand incomplete molecular phylogenies by inserting missing taxa with controlled phylogenetic uncertainty.

8GitHub stars
Phylogeny expansion
Uncertain taxa
Species-level trees

LCVP

R/Data
Collaboration

Data package with the Leipzig Catalogue of Vascular Plants, used to access and export a global taxonomic list of vascular plants.

17GitHub stars
Taxonomic catalogue
Vascular plant data
Integration with lcvplants