To cite the biomes package in publications, please cite both the R package and the underlying biome inventory:

Groß H, Zizka A, Walentowitz A, Fischer J (2026). biomes: An R package for reproducible occurrence-to-biome classification using 31 global biome schemes. R package version 0.9.4, https://azizka.github.io/biomes/.

Fischer J, Walentowitz A, Beierkuhnlein C (2022). “The biome inventory - Standardizing global biogeographical land units.” Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31(11), 2172–2183. doi:10.1111/geb.13574.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {{biomes}: An R package for reproducible
      occurrence-to-biome classification using 31 global biome
      schemes},
    author = {Hans Christian Groß and Alexander Zizka and Anna
      Walentowitz and Jan-Christopher Fischer},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.9.4},
    url = {https://azizka.github.io/biomes/},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {The biome inventory - Standardizing global biogeographical
      land units},
    author = {Jan-Christopher Fischer and Anna Walentowitz and Carl
      Beierkuhnlein},
    journal = {Global Ecology and Biogeography},
    year = {2022},
    volume = {31},
    number = {11},
    pages = {2172--2183},
    doi = {10.1111/geb.13574},
  }