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license: GPL-3.0-only
title: 'gatoRs: Geographic and Taxonomic Occurrence R-Based Scrubbing'
version: 2.0.0
doi: 10.1002/aps3.11575
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.gatoRs
abstract: Streamlines downloading and cleaning biodiversity data from Integrated Digitized
  Biocollections (iDigBio) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
authors:
- family-names: Patten
  given-names: Natalie N.
  email: natalienpatten@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8090-1324
- family-names: Gaynor
  given-names: Michelle L.
  email: shellyleegaynor@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3912-6079
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: 'Geographic And Taxonomic Occurrence R-based Scrubbing (gatoRs): An R package
    and workflow for processing biodiversity data'
  authors:
  - family-names: Patten
    given-names: Natalie N.
    email: natalienpatten@gmail.com
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8090-1324
  - family-names: Gaynor
    given-names: Michelle L.
    email: shellyleegaynor@gmail.com
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3912-6079
  - family-names: Soltis
    given-names: Douglas E.
  - family-names: Soltis
    given-names: Pamela S.
  year: '2024'
  journal: Applications in Plant Sciences
  doi: 10.1002/aps3.11575
  url: https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11575
  volume: '12'
  issue: '2'
  start: e11575
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/nataliepatten/gatoRs
commit: 0d831386644618fbc1779dda7a598997fc167474
url: https://nataliepatten.github.io/gatoRs/
date-released: '2026-06-28'
contact:
- family-names: Gaynor
  given-names: Michelle L.
  email: shellyleegaynor@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3912-6079