In chhetrid/rangemapR: A Modular Platform for Reproducible Modeling of Species Niches and Distributions

Component: Project Model

ORIENTATION

Frequently, research questions require the application (or "projection") of a model to a geographic region or time period different from those used to build it (e.g., for studies of invasive species or the effects of climate change). Component: Project Model allows certain functionalities for such projections, as well as the means for assessing issues regarding environmental conditions not found in the space and time where the model was built (non-analog environments; Williams and Jackson 2007, Fitzpatrick and Hargrove 2009). Wallace currently allows users to project a model to: 1) another region (Module: Project to New Extent ); or 2) another time [(Module: Project to New Time). Furthermore, at present Wallace provides some information characterizing the degree to which the environment in the projection region/time differs from that used to make the model (Module Calculate Environmental Similarity). Only one projection can be displayed at a time, and Module Calculate Environmental Similarity can only be run after a projection has been made.

REFERENCES

Fitzpatrick, M. C., & Hargrove, W. W. (2009). The projection of species distribution models and the problem of non-analog climate. Biodiversity and Conservation. 18: 2255-2261.

Williams, J. W., & Jackson, S. T. (2007). Novel climates, no-analog communities, and ecological surprises. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 5: 475-482.

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