EX Research gaps in SDM

This exercise is designed to deepen your understanding of current methodological challenges in species distribution modeling (SDM) and to help you identify research gaps relevant to your project.

Instructions

  1. Read the following commentary to familiarize yourself with the conceptual and practical challenges associated with presence-only SDMs:

    Leroy, B. (2023). Choosing presence-only species distribution models. Journal of Biogeography, 50(1), 247–250. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14505

  2. Then, read the mentioned benchmark study by Valavi et al. 2022 this will give you a first impression on how a methodological comparison study could look like:

    Valavi, R., Guillera‐Arroita, G., Lahoz‐Monfort, J. J., & Elith, J. (2022). Predictive performance of presence‐only species distribution models: A benchmark study with reproducible code. Ecological Monographs, 92(1), e01486. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1486

  3. Try to draw a rough flowchart of the modeling workflow of the paper that they used. You can use either use pen and paper, powerpoint, Canva, Lucidchart or something similar.

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