Preface

0.1 Disclaimer

All images in R for Fledglings were created by the authors or by others who distribute images under the Non-Commercial Creative Commons Licence. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

0.2 Acknowledgments

This document is dedicated to our friend and colleague, Sasha Hafner, who introduced us to R and has been a stalwart mentor. R and RStudio are free, and we are greatly indebted to its many developers. In that spirit, “R for Fledglings” is also free, though any mistakes in this document are our own. We are greatly indebted to Alison Adams, Andre Aghili, Cathleen Balantic, Colby Bosley-Smith, Steven Brady, Courtney Buckley, Ernie Buford, Larry Clarfeld, Jackie Comeau, Noel Dodge, Matt Ennis, Rebecca Fairchild, Brendan Fisher, Prachi Ghule, Katy Gieder, Michelle Graziosi, David Gudex-Cross, Hannah Harris, Natayla Hebert, Charlie Hohn, Lia Ivanick, Evan Jones, Jud Kratzer, Matt Lacey, Kyra Lee, Mo Lynch, Aaron Moore, Clare Mulcahy, Margaret Murphy, Jen Pontius, Shannon Prior, Jaime Van Leuven, Regina Visconti, Brian Voigt, and Jacob Weissgold for their careful review of this document.

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  1. U.S. Geological Survey, Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 302 Aiken Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05404↩︎

  2. Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Aiken Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405↩︎

  3. Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Aiken Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405↩︎