A 'shiny'-based browser application for reconstructing organismal distributions
and identifying historical and geohistorical refugia using the methods
published by Morley et al. (2026)
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 [email protected].