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 | Toward best practices for developing regional connectivity maps | Beier, Paul, Spencer, Wayne, Baldwin, Robert F., and McRae, Brad H. | 2011 |
| Document | Novel methods improve prediction of species' distributions from occurrence data | Elith, Jane, Graham, Catherine H., Anderson, Robert P., Dudík, Miroslav, Ferrier, Simon, Guisan, Antoine., Hijmans, Robert J., Huettmann, Falk, Leathwick, John R., Lehmann, Anthony, Li, Jin, Lohmann, Lucia G., Loiselle, Bette A., and 13 others | 2006 |
| Web Resource | Landscape Conservation Cooperatives | Landscape Conservation Cooperative Network | |
| Document | Likelihood analysis of species occurrence probability from presence-only data for modelling species distributions | Royle, J. Andrew, Chandler, Richard B., Yackulic, Charles, and Nichols, James D. | 2012 |
| Document | Planning for persistence in marine reserves: a question of catastrophic importance | Game, Edward T., Watts, Matthew E., Wooldrdge, Scott, and Possingham, Hugh P. | 2008 |
| Document | Generalized linear and generalized additive models in studies of species distributions: setting the scene | Guisan, Antoine, Edwards, Thomas C. Jr., and Hastie, Trevor | 2002 |
| Article | Reading List for 2013 SDM Workshop for Analysts | Point Blue and UC Davis | |
| Article | Reading List for 2013 SDM Workshop for Managers | Point Blue and UC Davis | |
| Article | Systematic Reserve Design | Hollander, A. H. | |
| Document | When do conservation planning methods deliver? Quantifying the consequences of uncertainty | Langford, William T., Gordon, Ascelin, and Bastin, Lucy | 2009 |
| Document | Raising the bar for systematic conservation planning | Langford, William T., Gordon, Ascelin, Bastin, Lucy, Bekassy, Sarah A., White, Matt D., and Newell, Graeme | 2011 |
| Web Resource | Global Biodiversity Information Facility | Global Biodiversity Information Facility | |
| Document | Systematic conservation planning | Margules, C.R. and Pressey, R. L. | 2000 |
| Web Resource | Avian Knowledge Network | Point Blue Conservation Science | |
| Document | Biodiversity conservation planning tools: present status and challenges for the future | Sarkar, Sahotra, Pressey, Robert L., Faith, Daniel P., Margules, Christopher R., Fuller, Trevon, Stoms, David M., Moffett, Alexander, Wilson, Kerrie A., Williams, Paul H., and Andelman, Sandy | 2006 |
| Dataset | Bias Corrected and Downscaled WCRP CMIP3 Climate and Hydrology Projections | Bureau of Reclamation, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Santa Clara University,Climate Central, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the U.S. Geological Survey | 2007 |
| Dataset | California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) | California Department of Fish and Wildlife | |
| Dataset | Conservation International Downscaled Climate Projections | Conservation International | |
| Dataset | WorldClim - Global Climate Data | Hijmans, Robert J., Cameron, Susan E., and Parra, Juan L. | |
| Dataset | CliMond: global climatologies for bioclimatic modelling | Kriticos, Darren J., Webber, Bruce L., Leriche, Agathe, Ota, Noboru, Macadam, Ian, Bathols, Janice, and Scott, John K. | 2012 |