Conservation Planning Datasets

Conservation planning datasets for learning how to use the 'prioritizr' package < https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=prioritizr>.

prioritizrdata: Conservation Planning Datasets

The prioritizrdata R package is a supplemental package that contains example datasets for conservation planning. It is intended to be used alongside the prioritizr R package.

Overview

This package contains the following datasets.

• Tasmania dataset: Conservation planning dataset for Tasmania, Australia.
• Salt Spring Island dataset: Conservation planning dataset for Tasmania, Australia.
• Washington dataset: Conservation planning dataset for Washington, United States.

Installation

The latest official version of the prioritizrdata R package can be installed using the following R code.

install.packages("prioritizrdata", repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/")

Alternatively, the latest development version can be installed using the following code. Please note that while developmental versions may contain additional features not present in the official version, they may also contain coding errors.

if (!require(devtools))
  install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("prioritizr/prioritizrdata")

Citation

Please cite the prioritizrdata R package when using it in publications. To cite the latest official version, please use:

Hanson JO, Schuster R, Morrell N, Strimas-Mackey M, Buenafe KCV, Watts ME, Arcese P, Bennett J, Possingham HP (2026). prioritizrdata: Conservation Planning Datasets. R package version 0.3.3. Available at https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=prioritizrdata.

Alternatively, to cite the latest development version, please use:

Hanson JO, Schuster R, Morrell N, Strimas-Mackey M, Buenafe KCV, Watts ME, Arcese P, Bennett J, Possingham HP (2026). prioritizrdata: Conservation Planning Datasets. R package version 0.3.3. Available at https://github.com/prioritizr/prioritizrdata.