KBAscope: A new package in R language for Key Biodiversity Area identification

A new scientific publication introduces the R package KBAscope, which generates spatial data layers of preliminary sites meeting KBA criteria. This assists the Key Biodiversity Area (KBAs) identification process by automating site scoping analysis. Konstantina Spiliopoulou and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens group of the GaP project led this work, published in Ecography in July 2024.
KBAscope provides flexible, user-friendly functions to edit species data (population, range maps, area of occupancy, area of habitat and localities), apply KBA criteria, and generate outputs to support the delineation and validation of KBAs. 
This publication demonstrated the functionality of KBAscope by applying it to Greece and identifying potential KBAs based on multiple terrestrial taxonomic groups.

Reference
Spiliopoulou, K., Rigal, F., Plumptre, A.J., Trigas, P., Paragamian, K., Hochkirch, A., Lymberakis, P., Portolou, D., Stoumboudi, M.T. and Triantis, K.A., 2024. KBAscope: key biodiversity area identification in R. Ecography, 2024(9), p.e07061. doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07061

Data availability
Data are available from the Dryad Digital Repository: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1ns1rn90h (Spiliopoulou et al. 2024)
The KBAscope R package is also available on GitHub: https://github.com/KonstantinaSpiliopoulou/KBAscope