Overview

Go through a brute force introduction into R, R Markdown, the RStudio IDE to get ready for solving the upcoming assignment problems and submitting your solutions.

Learning objectives

At the end of this unit you should be able to

• tell the difference between an R and an R markdown script,
• create R and R markdown scripts and run and compile them,
• understand basic ecological concepts like biotic interaction, niche breath and dispersal,
• be able to explain what species distirbution modeling is and how it can help to tackle the biodiversity crisis.