Peter Solymos is an ecologist with a research focus on developing and applying state-of-the-art computational techniques for big data sets to better inform conservation and management of many species over large spatial scales. BTW if your are looking for the vegan manual, go no further! The vegan R package is a collaborative open source project and its documentation can be accessed from the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN): https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=vegan