ALA Labs
ALA Labs provides resources and articles from the Atlas of Living Australia's Science and Decision Support team. On the website, you can find:
- Posts: Code, articles, analyses and visualisations that will hopefully help you in your own work
- Research: Highlighted summaries of scientific...
Keywords: Ecology, R, Python, Rstats, Biodiversity data, Open science, Reproducibility, Coding, Data cleaning, Data visualisation, Species Distribution Modelling, Beginner R coding
ALA Labs
https://labs.ala.org.au/
https://dresa.org.au/materials/ala-labs
ALA Labs provides resources and articles from the Atlas of Living Australia's Science and Decision Support team. On the website, you can find:
- Posts: Code, articles, analyses and visualisations that will hopefully help you in your own work
- Research: Highlighted summaries of scientific research that has used data from the Atlas of Living Australia
- Software: R & Python packages that the Science & Decision Support team manage
- Books: Long-form resources with best-practice data wrangling and visualisation
- Gallery: Showcasing external work that uses tools from ALA Labs
Atlas of Living Australia support@ala.org.au
Ecology, R, Python, Rstats, Biodiversity data, Open science, Reproducibility, Coding, Data cleaning, Data visualisation, Species Distribution Modelling, Beginner R coding
Biosecurity Commons written support material
A variety of written material describing the fundamentals of the workflows available on Biosecurity Commons as well as guides to navigating the platform.
Includes: Risk Mapping, Dispersal Modelling, Surveillance Design, Impact Analysis and Proof of Freedom.
Keywords: Biosecurity Commons, Biosecurity, risk mapping, Species Distribution Modelling, dispersal modelling, surveillance design, impact analysis, proof of freedom
Biosecurity Commons written support material
https://support.biosecuritycommons.org.au/support/home
https://dresa.org.au/materials/biosecurity-commons-written-support-material
A variety of written material describing the fundamentals of the workflows available on Biosecurity Commons as well as guides to navigating the platform.
Includes: Risk Mapping, Dispersal Modelling, Surveillance Design, Impact Analysis and Proof of Freedom.
https://www.biosecuritycommons.org.au/contact-us/
Biosecurity Commons, Biosecurity, risk mapping, Species Distribution Modelling, dispersal modelling, surveillance design, impact analysis, proof of freedom
professional
support
ugrad
masters
mbr
phd
Biosecurity Commons YouTube instructional videos
This growing set of instructional videos teaches users how to navigate the platform and how to run the variety of workflows available on the platform. An increasing number of these videos will be embedded into the platform https://app.biosecuritycommons.org.au/
Keywords: Biosecurity, risk mapping, Species Distribution Modelling, Biosecurity Commons
Biosecurity Commons YouTube instructional videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9RsyHOjJ6ztS9IUn40UnxA
https://dresa.org.au/materials/biosecurity-commons-youtube-instructional-videos
This growing set of instructional videos teaches users how to navigate the platform and how to run the variety of workflows available on the platform. An increasing number of these videos will be embedded into the platform https://app.biosecuritycommons.org.au/
https://www.biosecuritycommons.org.au/contact-us/
Biosecurity, risk mapping, Species Distribution Modelling, Biosecurity Commons
support
professional
masters
mbr
phd
EcoCommons written support material, species distribution models explained and platform guides
These written descriptions on how to use the EcoCommons platform, the descriptions of the variety of species distribution models (SDM) available and the how to design and run and SDM have proven very popular with students whose instructors are using EcoCommons to teach basic SDM. They also...
Keywords: Species Distribution Modelling, Ecology, EcoCommons
EcoCommons written support material, species distribution models explained and platform guides
https://support.ecocommons.org.au/support/home
https://dresa.org.au/materials/ecocommons-written-support-material-species-distribution-models-explained-and-platform-guides
These written descriptions on how to use the EcoCommons platform, the descriptions of the variety of species distribution models (SDM) available and the how to design and run and SDM have proven very popular with students whose instructors are using EcoCommons to teach basic SDM. They also provide useful references for anyone using the platform.
https://www.ecocommons.org.au/contact/
Species Distribution Modelling, Ecology, EcoCommons
ugrad
masters
mbr
phd
EcoCommons use case estimating % of suitable habitat impacted by bushfires & utility of HCAS
We compare a variety of ways of estimating the percentage of suitable habitat impacted by the massive bushfires in eastern Australia (2019-2020), by comparing different SDM modelling algorithms, and inclusion of the Habitat Condition Assessment System (HCAS) derived variable.
Models were run...
Keywords: Species Distribution Modelling, HCAS, Fire, Ecology, EcoCommons
EcoCommons use case estimating % of suitable habitat impacted by bushfires & utility of HCAS
https://www.ecocommons.org.au/how-australian-mega-fires-impacted-the-superb-lyrebird-and-greater-sooty-owl/
https://dresa.org.au/materials/ecocommons-use-case-estimating-of-suitable-habitat-impacted-by-bushfires-utility-of-hcas
We compare a variety of ways of estimating the percentage of suitable habitat impacted by the massive bushfires in eastern Australia (2019-2020), by comparing different SDM modelling algorithms, and inclusion of the Habitat Condition Assessment System (HCAS) derived variable.
Models were run using the EcoCommons point-and-click SDM tools, and overlayed with a burnt area map https://researchdata.edu.au/google-earth-engine-map-geebam/1441550 to estimate % of suitable habitat that was impacted. HCAS data available: https://doi.org/10.25919/5j5j-4p06
https://www.ecocommons.org.au/contact/
Species Distribution Modelling, HCAS, Fire, Ecology, EcoCommons
EcoCommons & Open EcoAcoustics SDM use case
- Examples of code and the associated text summaries describe how open ecoacoustics https://openecoacoustics.org/ data can generate better SDM predictions. By using long-term monitoring data from https://acousticobservatory.org/ which allows analysts to infer absence locations, which does a much...
Keywords: Species Distribution Modelling, Ecoacoustics, Ecology, Owls, Mapping uncertainty
EcoCommons & Open EcoAcoustics SDM use case
https://www.ecocommons.org.au/acoustic-sdm-use-case/
https://dresa.org.au/materials/ecocommons-open-ecoacoustics-sdm-use-case
1. Examples of code and the associated text summaries describe how open ecoacoustics https://openecoacoustics.org/ data can generate better SDM predictions. By using long-term monitoring data from https://acousticobservatory.org/ which allows analysts to infer absence locations, which does a much better job at predicting distributions than presence only methods, and which facilitate use of call frequency as a response variable rather than presence absence.
The code and data used to generate these examples:
https://github.com/andrew-1234/sdm-usecase-master
2. Shows one way to overlay areas with the least geographically and environmentally representative sampling in addition to the predicted probability of occurrence generated by an SDM. This shows how to spatially represent areas where additional acoustic sampling would increase representative sampling most.
The code used in this example:
https://github.com/EcoCommons-Australia/educational_material/tree/main/SDMs_in_R/Scripts/adding_uncertainty_to_the_map
https://www.ecocommons.org.au/contact/
Species Distribution Modelling, Ecoacoustics, Ecology, Owls, Mapping uncertainty
ugrad
masters
mbr
phd
EcoCommons Marine use case
This is a toy example with many of the steps required for a robust example not included. This does show how to pull together marine data from IMOS / AODN and summarise those environmental predictors and occurrence data by month. Then we show how you can pull together one model with predictors...
Keywords: Species Distribution Modelling, SDM temporal predictions, Ecology, Marine seasonal distributions, R statistical software
EcoCommons Marine use case
https://www.ecocommons.org.au/marine-use-case/
https://dresa.org.au/materials/ecocommons-marine-use-case
This is a toy example with many of the steps required for a robust example not included. This does show how to pull together marine data from IMOS / AODN and summarise those environmental predictors and occurrence data by month. Then we show how you can pull together one model with predictors that are both temporally (monthly) and spatially (Australian waters) explicit.
Again, a robust example would need calibration and validation steps, but this example does show how SDMs can be developed across time.
The data and code needed to run these examples is here:
https://github.com/EcoCommons-Australia/educational_material/tree/main/Marine_use_case
https://www.ecocommons.org.au/contact/
Species Distribution Modelling, SDM temporal predictions, Ecology, Marine seasonal distributions, R statistical software
ugrad
masters
mbr
phd
ecr
Species Distribution Modelling in R
This set of scripts and videos provide an introduction to running SDMs in R and include some steps to consider that go beyond what's available in the EcoCommons SDM point-and-click tools.
Five videos include: 1. An introduction to SDM in R, 2. occurrence data, 3. environmental data, 4. fitting...
Keywords: Species Distribution Modelling, Ecology, R software, EcoCommons
Species Distribution Modelling in R
https://www.ecocommons.org.au/educational-material4-mastering-species-distribution-modelling-in-r/
https://dresa.org.au/materials/species-distribution-modelling-in-r
This set of scripts and videos provide an introduction to running SDMs in R and include some steps to consider that go beyond what's available in the EcoCommons SDM point-and-click tools.
Five videos include: 1. An introduction to SDM in R, 2. occurrence data, 3. environmental data, 4. fitting your model, 5. model evaluation
Scripts and files are available here:
https://github.com/EcoCommons-Australia/educational_material/tree/main/SDMs_in_R/Scripts
Scripts for all four modules are here: https://www.ecocommons.org.au/wp-content/uploads/EcoCommons_steps_1_to_4.html
https://www.ecocommons.org.au/contact/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1359-5133
Species Distribution Modelling, Ecology, R software, EcoCommons
ugrad
mbr
phd
Discovering Species Distribution Modelling with BCCVL
A set of 10 videos that provide an excellent introduction to species distribution modelling. These modules include: 1. Introduction to SDM, 2. Ecological theory of SDM, 3. Data for SDMs, 4. Design an SDM, 5. Presence only models, 6. Statistical models, 7. Machine learning models, 8. Model...
Keywords: Species Distribution Modelling, Ecology, EcoCommons, Beginer ecological modelling, Climate projections
Discovering Species Distribution Modelling with BCCVL
https://www.ecocommons.org.au/educational-material2-discovering-species-distribution-with-bccvl/
https://dresa.org.au/materials/discovering-species-distribution-modelling-with-bccvl
A set of 10 videos that provide an excellent introduction to species distribution modelling. These modules include: 1. Introduction to SDM, 2. Ecological theory of SDM, 3. Data for SDMs, 4. Design an SDM, 5. Presence only models, 6. Statistical models, 7. Machine learning models, 8. Model evaluation, 9. SDMs and climate change projections, 10. Case studies in BCCVL
https://www.ecocommons.org.au/contact/
BCCVL
Species Distribution Modelling, Ecology, EcoCommons, Beginer ecological modelling, Climate projections
ugrad
mbr
EcoCommons Modelling Made Easy
These ten videos walk users through some of the point-and-click functionality available on the EcoCommons platform including: 1. Navigating the EcoCommons platform, 2. Exploring environmental and climate grids available on the platform, 3. Importing your own data, 4. How to run a Species...
Keywords: Species Distribution Modelling, Climate projections , EcoCommons, Ecology
Resource type: video
EcoCommons Modelling Made Easy
https://www.ecocommons.org.au/educational-material-1-ecocommons-modelling-made-easy/
https://dresa.org.au/materials/ecocommons-modelling-made-easy
These ten videos walk users through some of the point-and-click functionality available on the EcoCommons platform including: 1. Navigating the EcoCommons platform, 2. Exploring environmental and climate grids available on the platform, 3. Importing your own data, 4. How to run a Species Distribution Model (SDM), 5. Predicting how distributions will change under climate change, 6. Running simple (averaged) ensemble models of SDMs, 7. An introduction to toy species trait problems that highlight how variation in species traits can be predicted spatially, 8. An introduction to Biosecurity Risk Mapping, 9. How to run SDMs for multiple species, 10. A multiple species SDM use case
support@ecocommons.org.au
Species Distribution Modelling, Climate projections , EcoCommons, Ecology
ugrad
mbr
phd