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license: MIT
title: 'nicheR: Ellipsoid-Based Virtual Niches and Visualization'
version: 0.1.0
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.nicheR
abstract: Provides a robust set of tools for researchers and modelers to construct
  and define virtual ecological niches using ellipsoid geometries. It enables the
  identification and extraction of suitable environmental areas, simulation of species
  occurrence points with various sampling strategies, and visualization of niche boundaries
  and simulated occurrences in both environmental and geographic space. Inspired by
  methodologies in 'NicheA' and the 'virtualspecies' R package, 'nicheR' aims to streamline
  the process of niche conceptualization and data generation for ecological studies.
  Methodological and theoretical foundations are described in Peterson et al. (2011,
  ISBN:9780691136882), Etherington et al. (2009) <https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02041.x>,
  Qiao et al. (2015) <https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01961>, Nunez-Penichet et al. (2021)
  <https://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG52142>, Cobos and Peterson (2022) <https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v17i.15985>,
  Alkishe et al. (2022) <https://doi.org/10.5194/we-22-33-2022>, and Leroy et al.
  (2015) <https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01388>.
authors:
- family-names: Castaneda-Guzman
  given-names: Mariana
  email: marianacg@vt.edu
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6106-4284
- family-names: Hughes
  given-names: Connor
  email: connorjh@vt.edu
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3720-0837
- family-names: Paansri
  given-names: Paanwaris
  email: paanwaris@vt.edu
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9992-098X
- family-names: Cobos
  given-names: Marlon E.
  email: manubio13@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2611-1767
repository: https://castanedam.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/castanedaM/nicheR
commit: 5bc29818a0d71e3e2b13177c73d88271876232a9
url: https://castanedam.github.io/nicheR/
date-released: '2026-06-08'
contact:
- family-names: Castaneda-Guzman
  given-names: Mariana
  email: marianacg@vt.edu
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6106-4284