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type: software
license: MIT
title: 'EcoNiche: Community Niche Position and Width Estimation Tools'
version: 1.0.2
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.EcoNiche
abstract: Provides methods for estimating species niche position and niche breadth
  under continuous environmental gradients. The package implements canonical correspondence
  analysis (CCA), partial CCA (pCCA), generalized additive models (GAM), and Levins'
  niche breadth metrics for species-level and community-level analyses. Methods are
  based on ter Braak (1986) <https://doi.org/10.2307/1938672>, Okie et al. (2015)
  <https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2630>, Feng et al. (2020) <https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15441>,
  Wood (2017) <https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315370279>, and Levins (1968, ISBN:978-0691080628).
authors:
- family-names: Zhou
  given-names: Shuotao
  email: zhoushuotao@stu.hunau.edu.cn
- family-names: Feng
  given-names: Kai
  email: kaifeng@rcees.ac.cn
- family-names: Deng
  given-names: Ye
  email: yedeng@rcees.ac.cn
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: Quantifying Niche Width Across Environmental Gradients Using EcoNiche
  authors:
  - family-names: Zhou
    given-names: Shuotao
    email: zhoushuotao@stu.hunau.edu.cn
  year: '2026'
  notes: R package version 1.0.2
repository: https://yedeng-lab.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/yedeng-lab/EcoNiche
commit: a4dafeba33602336877b2da79984fded88ef6a39
url: https://github.com/yedeng-lab/EcoNiche
date-released: '2026-03-06'
contact:
- family-names: Zhou
  given-names: Shuotao
  email: zhoushuotao@stu.hunau.edu.cn