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Center for Conservation Biology | UC Riverside: Research Unit Resource Guide

1 Introduction

This Resource Guide provides an overview of the the UC Riverside Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) research team work processes and expectations. It hosts documentation on how to install software and project management tools utilized by the CCB team to facilitate collaborative research.

If you have suggestions for additions or changes, please make a pull request or contact Lynn Sweet (lynn.sweet AT ucr.edu).

1.1 Computer requirements

CCB work computers (laptop or desktop) operating systems should either be Windows or macOS. Please note that Windows based machine it required to run ESRI ArcDesktop and ArcPro software. Both Windows and macOS may utilize ESRI ArcOnline tools.

For Mac users, update macOS to the newest supported version. Navigate to System Preferences –> Software Update.

For PC users, ensure you have Windows 10 or 11 installed. If not, request a Windows key from UCR IT at UC Riverside ServiceLink

1.2 Software Installation

Software installation covered in this resource guide includes:

  • ESRI Platform
    • ArcGIS Desktop
    • ArcGIS Pro
    • ArcGIS Online
  • git
  • GitHub
  • Google Apps
  • R
  • RStudio
    • Quarto
    • Bookdown
  • Slack
  • Trello
  • Zotero

Thank you to UC Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) staff for providing many of the resources listed in this reference guide. Information was made available on the UCSB-MEDS GitHub page.