install.packages(c("codetools", "terra"))Species Distribution Models
An introductory course at SFU Jena
Course overview
This course introduces Ecological Niche Modeling (ENM) and Species Distribution Modeling (SDM) using the R programming language.
Important
This course assumes basic R knowledge.
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Note
A basic knowledge of Geographic Information Systems is required for ENM/SDM. I will introduce basic concepts and operations of of GIS, but this is not a course about GIS.
I give a course at iDiv that you can access here. SFU Jena also offers GIS courses: MSc Environmental and Georesources Management, MSc Geoinformatic, and BSc Geography.
Learning objectives
- Understand the theory behind ENM/SDM.
- Perform ENM/SDM in R.
- Apply ENM/SDM to real data.
- Produce maps.
Software
The only package that we will use is terra. You might want to install also codetools, which performs checks on the C++ code of terra.
Note
terra is still in active development and some functionalities change with newer releases.