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
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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
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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
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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.