Unleashing a new kraken
by Rob Salguero-Gomez on Mar 28, 2023Dear COM(P)ADRE community,
We have just released two new versions for COMPADRE and COMADRE. Compared to the previous versions, the databases have grown by 148 plant and 171 animal MPMs, respectively, as summarised below
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Old versions |
New versions |
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COMPADRE 6.22.5.0 |
COMADRE 4.21.8.0 |
COMPADRE 6.23.3.0 |
COMADRE 4.23.3.1 (New) |
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Number of species |
760 |
415 |
792 |
429 |
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Number of studies |
643 |
395 |
648 |
415 |
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Number of matrix population models |
8,851 |
3,317 |
8,999 |
3,488 |
Some of the new species that have been released include:
- Gyps africanus (White-backed vulture)
- Brassavola cucullata (Daddy long-legs orchid)
- Otus scops (Eurasian scops owl)
- Orbicella annularis (Boulder star coral)
- Eubalaena glacialis (North Atlantic right whale)
- Theropithecus gelada (Bleeding-heart monkey or Gelada baboon)
And many others!
In addition, we have some exciting news for our tree demographer friends. In COMPADRE 6.23.30, we have added 23 populations of Parkinsonia aculeata (Jerusalem thorn) with each population having between 2 and 6 temporal replicates. This addition offers an exciting treasure trove for the evaluation of spatial and temporal replication for demographic inference. Furthermore, we have added the U matrices (representing the growth, stasis and retrogression transitions along with survival probabilities) for 31 species of trees!
In addition to releasing new species, we have also continued to doublecheck data therein. Users of the database are encouraged to access the database via our website (www.compadre-db.org) or via the API using Rcompadre (https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/2041-210X.13792).
Happy modelling!
The COM(P)ADRE team
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