Preparing the Environmental Layers for Species Distribution Modelling

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Part 2

For this group of exercises (6, 7 and 8), species distribution modelling is demonstrated using Maxent (Philipps et al., 2006) to show how to produce the suitability maps for a species based on its occurrence and environmental layers for the area covered.

Preparing the Environmental Layers for Species Distribution Modelling

    1. In Modelbuilder, Clip the Bioclim layer to the New Zealand coastline
    2. Set the NoData value to -9999
    3. Convert the resulting raster file into ASCII files which is required by Maxent

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