Dynameta: A dynamic platform for ecological meta-analyses in R Shiny
Meta-analyses have brought a significant improvement in our understanding of global biodiversity change. However, in ecology the static nature of current approaches, both in terms of the data included and the predictions presented, make meta-analyses difficult for policymakers to fully interrogate a...
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| author | Grace Skinner Rob Cooke Junghyuk Keum Andy Purvis Cristina Raw Ben A. Woodcock Joseph Millard |
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| description | Meta-analyses have brought a significant improvement in our understanding of global biodiversity change. However, in ecology the static nature of current approaches, both in terms of the data included and the predictions presented, make meta-analyses difficult for policymakers to fully interrogate and adopt. Here we introduce Dynameta, a living-review (i.e. continually updateable) R Shiny platform for interactive ecological meta-analyses, oriented around testing the effect of anthropogenic threats on biodiversity. This platform is written as an R package and can be applied in the context of any meta-analytic PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparator, and Outcome) question concerning the effect of any threat on any taxonomic group, for any biodiversity metric and with relevance to all geographic regions. Our hope is that, alongside other existing tools, Dynameta can help encourage the broader adoption of dynamic meta-analyses in ecology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6020f3b68d34a62a67c490997ba5ea62023-09-21T04:37:25ZengElsevierSoftwareX2352-71102023-07-0123101439Dynameta: A dynamic platform for ecological meta-analyses in R ShinyGrace Skinner0Rob Cooke1Junghyuk Keum2Andy Purvis3Cristina Raw4Ben A. Woodcock5Joseph Millard6UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK; Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK; Correspondence to: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK.UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UKDepartment of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UKDepartment of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK; Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park campus, Ascot, SL5 7PY, UKDepartment of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UKUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UKDepartment of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UKMeta-analyses have brought a significant improvement in our understanding of global biodiversity change. However, in ecology the static nature of current approaches, both in terms of the data included and the predictions presented, make meta-analyses difficult for policymakers to fully interrogate and adopt. Here we introduce Dynameta, a living-review (i.e. continually updateable) R Shiny platform for interactive ecological meta-analyses, oriented around testing the effect of anthropogenic threats on biodiversity. This platform is written as an R package and can be applied in the context of any meta-analytic PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparator, and Outcome) question concerning the effect of any threat on any taxonomic group, for any biodiversity metric and with relevance to all geographic regions. Our hope is that, alongside other existing tools, Dynameta can help encourage the broader adoption of dynamic meta-analyses in ecology.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711023001358Dynamic meta-analysisLiving-reviewBiodiversity changeR ShinyAnthropogenic disturbance |
| spellingShingle | Grace Skinner Rob Cooke Junghyuk Keum Andy Purvis Cristina Raw Ben A. Woodcock Joseph Millard Dynameta: A dynamic platform for ecological meta-analyses in R Shiny SoftwareX Dynamic meta-analysis Living-review Biodiversity change R Shiny Anthropogenic disturbance |
| title | Dynameta: A dynamic platform for ecological meta-analyses in R Shiny |
| title_full | Dynameta: A dynamic platform for ecological meta-analyses in R Shiny |
| title_fullStr | Dynameta: A dynamic platform for ecological meta-analyses in R Shiny |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dynameta: A dynamic platform for ecological meta-analyses in R Shiny |
| title_short | Dynameta: A dynamic platform for ecological meta-analyses in R Shiny |
| title_sort | dynameta a dynamic platform for ecological meta analyses in r shiny |
| topic | Dynamic meta-analysis Living-review Biodiversity change R Shiny Anthropogenic disturbance |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711023001358 |
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