ONLINE COURSE ? Species Distribution Modeling using R (SDMR04) This course
will be delivered live
2nd February 2022 - 10th February 2022
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/species-distribution-modeling-using-r-sdmr04/
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Course Overview:
If you are interested in gaining the introductory knowledge required to
work with SDMs, whether you be a student, postdoc, or practicing scientist,
this course is for you. This 8 half day course will provide participants
with the background knowledge and skills needed to get started in the use
of species distribution models (SDMs) for applied and basic research. The
course will focus on (1) the preparation of required spatial datasets
(biological observations and environmental predictors); (2) practical
considerations in the development, application, and interpretation of SDMs;
and (3) fitting and evaluating SDMs using different statistical approaches
? all using R.
Using a combination of lectures, coding exercises in R, and case studies,
participants will learn to:
Understand background theory and model assumptions
Identify, manipulate and prepare spatial datasets for SDMs
Fit, interpret, and evaluate SDMs using several statistical methods (e.g.,
Maxent, Mahalanobis distance, generalized linear models, boosted regression
trees)
Project SDMs to predict climate change impacts, etc.
The course is entirely R-based and while techniques of working with spatial
data in R will be covered in detail, prior experience with R is highly
recommended. If you are new to R, this course will be of most use to you if
you work through a few tutorials to understand the basics of R programming
before the start of the course. Students are highly encouraged to bring
their own data sets, but this is not required for participation.
Course material will be presented by Matt Fitzpatrick who has published
broadly in the use of SDMs for applied and basic science.
Wednesday 2nd ? Classes from 09:30 to 17:30
1) Overview on modeling and mapping species distributions: Theory, Data,
Applications
2) Key steps and concepts in developing SDMs
3) Theory of niches, species distributions, and model assumptions /
uncertainties
? Range equilibrium
? Niche conservatism
? Autocorrelation
? Sample size & bias
? Correlation of predictor variables
? Defining the study area
? Model thresholds, validation, and projections
4) Applications of SDMs
5) Data for SDMs
? Biological data
? Predictor variables
6) Practical: Working with spatial data in R
Friday 4th ? Classes from 09:30 to 17:30
Methods for fitting SDMs I ? Overview
1) Overview of methods for fittings SDMs
2) Presence-absence vs. presence-only
? Distance-based
? Regression
? Machine Learning
? Boosting & Bagging
? Maximum entropy / point-process
3) Overview of R packages for SDM
4) Variable selection
5) Practical: Getting your data ready for SDMs
Tuesday 8th ? Classes from 09:30 to 17:30
Methods for fitting SDMs II ? Presence-absence modeling
1) GLMs and GAMs
2) How to evaluate models
3) Model discrimination
4) Model calibration
5) Model complexity / simplicity
6) Boosted regression trees
7) Practical: Fitting presence-absence SDMs using ?dismo? and ?biomod2?
Thursday 10th ? Classes from 09:30 to 17:30
Methods for fitting SDMs III ? Presence-only / background modeling,
Projecting SDMs
1) Creating background data
2) Maxent
3) Evaluating presence-only models
4) Dealing with biases species data
5) Projecting / extrapolating models
6) Working with climate change data
7) Practical: Fitting maxent models using R
8) Practical: Projecting models to new places / times
Oliver Hooker PhD.
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