com(p)adreDB

This repository contains code for the COMPADRE Plant Matrix Database and COMADRE Animal Matrix Database. It will evolve into an R package but will initially contain scripts for interacting with the COMPADRE and COMADRE databases which are released as structured R list objects.

The data can be downloaded from www.compadre-db.org, or www.comadre-db.org. Follow news at our blog https://compadredb.wordpress.com, and our Twitter accounts @compadreDB @comadreDB.

The structure of the compadre and comadre data objects

compadre/comadre +-- metadata {dataframe with ca 60 columns and one row one for each set of matrices (mat A, matU, matF, matC)
         |
         +-- matrixClass {list with one entry for each set of matrices. Each entry is a data frame with 3 columns: MatrixClassOrganized, MatrixClassAuthor, MatrixClassNumber.}
         |
         |-- mat {list with one entry for each row of metadata}
         |     |
         |     +-- matA {matrix}
         |     +-- matU {matrix}
         |     +-- matF {matrix}
         |     \-- matC {matrix}
         |
          \-- version {a vector with version information}