The Refuginator is a user-friendly browser application designed to help researchers identify historical or geohistorical refugia using the protocol described by:
Morley, N.E.D., Schneider, C.L., Cahill, J.F., Sullivan, C., Leighton, L.R. Geohistorical data reveal an ice age refugium with implications for modern conservation. Commun Earth Environ 7, 704 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03563-3.
The refuginator package allows users to run the
Refuginator dashboard locally through R.
The most recent stable version of the refuginator
package can be downloaded from the Comprehensive R Archive Network
(CRAN) using the following command:
install.packages("refuginator")
The in-development version of the refuginator package
can be directly downloaded from Nathaniel Morley’s GitHub repository
using the following command:
devtools::install_github("nathanielmorley2000/refuginator")
The refuginator application be launched by typing the following
command into your R console:
refuginator::launchRefuginator()
Further instructions regarding use can be found in the “refuginatorIntro” vignette.
If there are any questions or issues with this code, please feel free to report an issue on Nathaniel Morley’s GitHub repository or through email at nmorley@ualberta.ca.