Birds of Western Palearctic

• Overview
• Data sources
• Workflow
• Content
• Installation
• Usage
• Citation
• Contributing
• Acknowledgments
• References

Overview

This repository is structured as a research compendium and shares the material used to…

Data sources

This project uses the following databases:

Database	Usage	Reference	Link
WWF Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World	Create Western Palearctic region	Olson et al. (2001)	link
Natural Earth	Create Western Palearctic region	None	link
BirdLife	Get bird species distribution	BirdLife International (2023)	link

Workflow

This is a work in progress…

Content

This repository is structured as follow:

• DESCRIPTION: contains project metadata (authors, date, dependencies, etc.)

• make.R: main R script to run the entire project

• R/: contains R functions developed especially for this project

• {{ LIST ADDITIONAL FILES/FOLDER }}

Installation

To install this compendium:

• Fork this repository using the GitHub interface.
• Clone your fork using git clone fork-url (replace fork-url by the URL of your fork). Alternatively, open RStudio IDE and create a New Project from Version Control.

Usage

Launch the make.R file with:

source("make.R")

Notes

• All required packages listed in the DESCRIPTION file will be installed (if necessary)
• All required packages and R functions will be loaded
• Some analyses listed in the make.R might take time

Citation

Please use the following citation:

Casajus N & Barnagaud JY (2025) Geographical characterics of birds of Western Palearctic. URL: https://github.com/frbcesab/birdlife-wp/.

Contributing

All types of contributions are encouraged and valued. For more information, check out our Contributor Guidelines.

Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.

Acknowledgments

This project has been developed for the FRB-CESAB research group Acoucene that aims to model and project the impacts of the anthropocene on soundscapes with birds as an acoustic ecological indicator.

References

BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World (2023) Bird species distribution maps of the world. Version 2023-1. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/requestdis. Accessed on [22/03/2024].

Olson DM, Dinerstein E, Wikramanayake ED et al. (2001) Terrestrial ecoregions of the World: A new map of life on Earth. Bioscience, 51, 933-938. DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2.