Spatial Data and Analyses in R
D Further reading
There is a myriad of websites/books on spatial data and analyses in R. This may provide an excellent start:
The Spatial Data Science with R website compiled by Robert Hijmans and others provide excellent information on spatial analyses for ecological studies in R.
The book Spatial Data Science - with applications in R by Edzer Pebesma and Roger Bivand also provides a great set of resources, including models for spatial data.