A new set of teaching modules for using the R programming environment in ecology and epidemiology is available through the open-access on-line peer-reviewed journal The Plant Health Instructor (PHI).
K. A. Garrett, P. D. Esker, and A. H. Sparks. 2007. An introduction to the R programming environment. The Plant Health Instructor. DOI:10.1094/PHI-A-2007-1226-02. Available at http://www.apsnet.org/education/AdvancedPlantPath/Topics/RModules/doc0 P. D. Esker, A. H. Sparks, M. Bates, W. Dall'Acqua, E. E. Frank, L. Huebel, V. Segovia, and K. A. Garrett. 2007. Ecology and epidemiology in R: Modeling dispersal gradients. The Plant Health Instructor. DOI:10.1094/PHI-A-2007-1226-03. Available at http://www.apsnet.org/education/AdvancedPlantPath/Topics/RModules/doc2 Other modules are currently in the process of being published, with the most recent link for each module available at http://www.ksu.edu/pdecology/RModules.html Disease progress over time Spatial analysis Disease forecasting We hope you will find these modules useful! PHI allows revision of publications, so we welcome your feedback for improving the modules. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Karen A. Garrett Associate Professor Department of Plant Pathology Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506-5502 USA http://www.ksu.edu/pdecology Phone: 785-532-1370 Fax: 785-532-5692