Alien invertebrates of Romania [alieninvro]

An interactive Shiny dashboard for exploring alien invertebrate species data included in the paper "From soil to stream and sea: species richness and distribution of alien invertebrates in Romania" by Cristina Preda et al. (submitted to Neobiota).

Features

• Interactive Map: Alien species distribution across Romania, color-coded by realm
• Advanced Filtering: Filter by realm, species, family, EU status, county, and year
• Statistical Visualizations: Top species, counties, families, and temporal trends
• Pathway Analysis: Chord diagrams showing introduction pathways and origins
• Data Source Analysis: Venn diagrams comparing citizen science, published literature, and author observations
• Data Export: Download filtered species lists and full datasets

Installation

Prerequisites

• R: Version 4.0.0 or higher is required

  • Download from: https://cran.r-project.org/
  • Check your version: R.version.string

• RStudio (optional but recommended):

  • Download from: https://posit.co/downloads/

Install Package

# 1. Install devtools (if not already installed)
install.packages("devtools")

# 2. Install alieninvro from GitHub
devtools::install_github("rlaurentiu/alieninvro")

# 3. Load the package
library(alieninvro)

# 4. Launch the dashboard
run_alieninvro_app()

Installing a Specific Version

# Install version 1.0.0
devtools::install_github("rlaurentiu/alieninvro@v1.0.0")

# Install the latest development version
devtools::install_github("rlaurentiu/alieninvro@main")

Troubleshooting

If you encounter installation issues:

# Update all dependencies
update.packages(ask = FALSE)

# Install with dependencies
devtools::install_github("rlaurentiu/alieninvro", dependencies = TRUE)

# Install with build vignettes (if available)
devtools::install_github("rlaurentiu/alieninvro", build_vignettes = TRUE)

Citation

If you use this dashboard or data, please cite:

Preda et al. (submitted). From soil to stream and sea: species richness and distribution of alien invertebrates in Romania. Neobiota.

Acknowledgments

This package was developed with assistance from Claude AI (Anthropic) for:

• R/Shiny application code development
• Package structure and organization
• Data visualization and interactive features
• User interface design

Human contributions: Data curation, scientific analysis, conceptualization, and validation.

License

MIT License

Contact

For questions or issues, please open an issue on GitHub.