Species Distribution Modeling and Conservation Planning Workshop
In September of 2013 the CA LCC partnered with UC Davis Information Center for the Environment and Point Blue Conservation Science to offer a workshop on systematic conservation planning (see the CA LCC project description). The aim of the workshop was to present the state of the science for using spatial decision support tools to inform the conservation of plants and animals in the context of climate adaptation planning.
Presented here are the materials from the workshop, including reading lists, slide presentations, and lab exercises. These materials are free to use with attribution to the authors.
Preliminary Material
- Proposal for Developing Training Curriculum on Conservation in the Face of Climate Change
- Invitation to Analysts' Workshop
- Invitation to Managers' Workshop
Outline of Workshop
Presentation Slides
- Understanding and Assembling Environmental Data for Model Input for Analysts
- Invasive Species for Analysts
- Maxent Overview for Analysts
- Systematic Reserve Design for Analysts
- Landscape Connectivity and Urbanization for Analysts
- Understanding and Assembling Environmental Data for Model Input for Managers
- Invasive Species for Managers
- Maxent Overview for Managers
- Systematic Reserve Design for Managers
- Landscape Connectivity and Urbanization for Managers
Scenario Planning
- Notes from a workshop on structured decision making
- Modules from a USFWS workshop on scenario planning for climate change adaptation
Workshop Lab Exercises
- Systematic Conservation Planning - Understanding and Assembling Model Input Data
- Systematic Conservation Planning - Maxent Exercise
- Systematic Conservation Planning - Climate Change Exercise
- Data for Systematic Conservation Planning Exercises
- Marxan Exercises
Reading Lists and Online Resources
- Reading list for analysts' workshop
- Reading list for managers' workshop
- Reading list of Marxan case studies
- Online resources (websites and datasets)
Complete List of Resources Mentioned in Workshop
Last Updated:
3/2018
Type |
Title | Creator | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Document | A statistical explanation of MaxEnt for ecologists | Elith, Jane, Phillips, Steven J., Hastie, Trevor, Dudik, Miroslav, Chee, Yung En, and Yates, Colin J. | 2011 |
| Document | Spatial marine zoning for fisheries and conservation | Klein, Carissa Joy, Steinback, Charles, Watts, Matthew, Scholz, Astrid J. and Possingham, Hugh P. | 2009 |
| Document | Conservation planning with uncertain climate change projections | Kujala, Heini, Moilanen, Atte, Araújo, Miguel B., and Cabeza, Mar | 2013 |
| Document | An interoperable decision support tool for conservation planning | Segan, Daniel B., Game, Edward T., Watts, Matthew E., Stewart, Romola R., and Possingham, Hugh P. | 2011 |
| Document | Selecting thresholds of occurrence in the prediction of species distributions | Liu, Canran, Berry, Pam M., Dawson, Terence P., and Pearson, Richard G. | 2005 |
| Document | A brief tutorial on Maxent | Phillips, Steven | 2010 |
| Document | Marxan with Zones: software for optimal conservation based land- and sea-use zoning | Watts, Matthew E., Ball, Ian R., Stewart, Romola S., Klein, Carissa J., Wilson, Kerrie, Steinback, Charles, Louival, Reinaldo, Kircher, LIndsay, and Possingham, Hugh P. | 2009 |
| Document | Replacement cost: A practical measure of site value for cost-effective reserve planning | Cabeza, Mar and Moilanen, Atte | 2006 |
| Document | Using niche models with climate projections to inform conservation management decisions | Schwartz, Mark W. | 2012 |
| Document | Simulating the effects of using different types of species distribution data in reserve selection | Carvalho, Silvia B., Brito, José C., Pressey, Robert L., Crespo, Eduardo, and Possingham, Hugh P. | 2010 |
| Document | The art of modelling range-shifting species | Elith, Jane, Kearney, Michael, Phillips, Steven | 2010 |
| Document | Uncertainty in coarse conservation assessments hinders the efficient achievement of conservation goals | Hermoso, Virgilio and Kennard, Mark J. | 2012 |
| Document | A review of methods for the assessment of prediction errors in conservation presence/absence models | Fielding, Alan H. and Bell, John F. | 1997 |
| Document | Predicting species distribution: offering more than simple habitat models | Guisan, Antoine, Edwards, and Thullier, Wilfried | 2005 |
| Document | Planning for reserve adequacy in dynamic landscapes; maximizing future representation of vegetation communities under flood disturbance in the Pantanal wetland | Lourival, Reinaldo, Drechsler, Martin, Watts, Matthew E., Game, Edward T. and Possingham, Hugh P. | |
| Document | Using multivariate adaptive regression splines to predict the distributions of New Zealand's freshwater diadromous fish | Leathwick, J.R., Rowe, D., Richardson, J., Elith, J. and Hastie, T. | 2005 |
| Document | A practical guide to MaxEnt for modeling species’ distributions: what it does, and why inputs and settings matter | Merow, Cory, Smith, Matthew J., and Silander, John A. | 2013 |
| Document | Identifying habitat conservation priorities and gaps for migratory shorebirds and waterfowl in California | Stralberg, Diana, Cameron, D. Richard, Reynolds, Mark D., Hickey, Catherine M., Klausmeyer, Kirk, Busby, Sylvia M., Stenzel, Lynne E., Shuford, W. David, and Page, Gary W. | 2011 |
| Document | Sensitivity of conservation planning to different approaches to using predicted species distribution data | Wilson, K. A., M. I. Westphal, H. P. Possingham, and J. Elith | 2005 |
| Document | Climate change and the future of California's endemic flora | Loarie, Scott R., Carter, Benjamin E., Hayhoe, Katharine, McMahon, Sean, Moe, Richard, Knight, Charles A., Ackerly, David D., | 2008 |