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What is EGrowth
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EGrowth is a database on body growth curves of earthworm species across the globe.
- It contains 1061 growth curves, representing 15888 measures of body mass and covers 51 species of earthworm.
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The data were compiled from a variety of documents published between 1950 and 2017, such as scientific publications, PhD reports, and reports, with the aim to be as exhaustive as possible.
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The curves come with metadata that contains information about the environmental conditions in which the curves were produced.
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A growth curve is a series of measure of body weights on a same batch of individuals.
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Growth curves are necessary for many purpose such as making population dynamics models, assessing the toxicity of products, managing populations, decision taking and designing experiments.
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The data base can be downloaded directly or accessed through a Graphical User Interface
Locations covered in the database
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The database GUI
- This database is published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry . The database can be used from an R session, either through the console or a GUI. See the reference manual in the supplementary method of the paper. I recommend using EGrowth from R rather than from the web GUI, for speed.
- Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in contributing new data or if you need further explanations on the way to use the database.
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