Intro to SDMs

This short course includes:

  • Lectures, readings, and discussions covering basic theory and concepts behind species distribution models (SDMs) and ecological niche models (ENMs)
  • Practical experience in acquiring and cleaning species occurrence data, as well as designing, building and evaluating SDM and ENM using a variety of R packages
  • Students will gain perspective on the potential applications, strengths, and limitations of SDMs/ENMs

Course participants should have a general understanding of R programming. Participants are welcome (but not required) to join the course with their own data / project ideas. A pre-course reading list and R exercise will be provided after course registration is completed. Questions about the course should be sent to Bob Muscarella .

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