Published paper

Marshall J. Heap — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 14:53:39 -0000

A paper introducing BioSARN has now been published in Ecology and Evolution (an open access journal).
See: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.2331/full
BioSARN is exemplified in this paper by a study of the realized niche of the Fraser fir in the
Appalachian Mountains of south-eastern USA.

Introduction to BioSARN

Marshall J. Heap — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:27:19 -0000

Environmental Niche Modelling outputs a biological species’ potential distribution. Further work is needed to arrive at a species’ realized distribution. The BioSARN application aims to aid the Ecological modeler with tools to refine ENMs through feature file filtering, enhanced temporal corridor definition, niche area quantification and output to a high spatial resolution land class model. BioSARN does not substitute other established ENM methods. Rather it allows the experimenter to work with their preferred ENM; refining it using their knowledge and experience. A key function of BioSARN is that it allows output from lower spatial resolution ENMs to a high spatial resolution land class model thus achieving a pseudo high resolution result. This maybe the best that can be achieved for large area models until wide range high spatial resolution environmental and accurate high precision species occurrence data become generally available.

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I hope you find BioSARN a useful ecological modeling refinement tool!

Marshall J. Heap

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Introduction to BioSARN