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The platforms for species distribution modelling in China

Huijie Qiao

Institute of Zoology, CAS

06/15/2017

mMWeb An Online Platform for Employing Multiple

Ecological Niche Modeling Algorithms

http://mmweb.animal.net.cn

http://mmweb.animal.net.cn

http://mmweb.animal.net.cn

Learning curve

https://scienceasaverb.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/introduction-to-ecological-niche-modeling-environmental-niche-modeling-species-distribution-modeling-part-two-what-is-niche-modeling/

https://scienceasaverb.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/introduction-to-ecological-niche-modeling-environmental-niche-modeling-species-distribution-modeling-part-two-what-is-niche-modeling/

Black box

So…

• NicheA is a toy to play with the

data, rather than a ‘click-and-run’

software to ‘solve’ the problems.

NicheA

Background cloud

Create an ellipsoid

Design barriers in G space

G space

E space

Export virtual to ENMs

Supported format: Maxent, Dismo, BIOMOD2, openModeller

Show ENM result

Functions in NicheA • Quantify niche overlap

• Principal Component Analysis

• Threshold calculator

• Variable normalization/standardization

• Calculate AUC value of partial-area

ROC approaches

• Calculate AIC/BIC value

• …