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license: MIT
title: 'mrangr: Mechanistic Metacommunity Simulator'
version: 1.0.2
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.mrangr
- type: url
  value: https://cran.r-project.org/package=mrangr
abstract: A forward simulator for generating synthetic metacommunity data. As an in
  silico experimental platform, it enables researchers to simulate community shifts,
  test theoretical frameworks, and benchmark analytical algorithms prior to empirical
  application. Key capabilities include mechanistic simulations driven by demography,
  dispersal, and interactions, GIS interoperability via the 'terra' package for dynamic
  environments, and a virtual ecologist module that simulates imperfect detection
  and survey errors to mimic real-world biodiversity data.
authors:
- family-names: Markowska
  given-names: Katarzyna
  email: katarzyna.markowska@amu.edu.pl
- family-names: Kuczyński
  given-names: Lechosław
  email: lechu@amu.edu.pl
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: 'mrangr: Mechanistic Metacommunity Simulator'
  authors:
  - family-names: Markowska
    given-names: Katarzyna
    email: katarzyna.markowska@amu.edu.pl
  - family-names: Kuczyński
    given-names: Lechosław
    email: lechu@amu.edu.pl
  year: '2025'
  notes: R package version 1.0.2
repository: https://popecol.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/popecol/mrangr
commit: 0df756e01df0ee1042b610b2878c75b9f03d4986
url: https://popecol.github.io/mrangr/
date-released: '2026-08-24'
contact:
- family-names: Markowska
  given-names: Katarzyna
  email: katarzyna.markowska@amu.edu.pl