Making species distribution models available on the web for reuse in biodiversity experiments: Euterpe edulis species case study

Abstract

Currently, biodiversity conservation is one of the most urgent and important themes. Biodiversity researchers use species distribution models to make inferences about species occurrences and locations. These models are fundamental for fauna and flora preservation, as well as for decision making processes for urban and regional planning and development. Species distribution modelling tools use large biodiversity datasets which are globally distributed, can be in different computational platforms, and are hard to access and manipulate. The scientific community needs infrastructures in which biodiversity researchers can collaborate and share knowledge. In this context, we present a computational environment that supports the collaboration in species distribution modelling network on the Web. This environment is based on a modelling experiment catalogue and on a set of geoweb services, the Web Biodiversity Collaborative Modelling Services - WBCMS.

Mapeamento dos Estudos em Biodiversidade Realizados na Unidade de Gerenciamento de Recursos Hídricos Tietê-Jacaré (SP)

“…Recursos como esses permitem que cientistas compatilhem experimentos em um ambiente unificado, servindo de apoio às investigações locais e globais e à divulgação das informações, tornando-se uma dimensão importante do método científico, capaz de integrar teoria, experimentação e simulação em diversas aplicações (FOOK et al, 2009).…”