{"id":70,"date":"2015-09-23T00:03:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T00:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prelive.unitec.ac.nz\/GisForConservation\/?p=70"},"modified":"2018-03-13T01:03:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T01:03:33","slug":"exercise-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/GisForConservation\/index.php\/2015\/09\/23\/exercise-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/span>Preparing the Environmental Layers for Species Distribution Modelling<\/span><\/h6>\n

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Part 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Preparing the Environmental Layers for Species Distribution Modelling
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    1. In Modelbuilder, Clip the Bioclim layer to the New Zealand coastline<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Set the NoData value to -9999<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Convert the resulting raster file into ASCII files which is required by Maxent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n