SDMdata: A Web-Based Software Tool for Collecting Species Occurrence Records

It is important to easily and efficiently obtain high quality species distribution data for predicting the potential distribution of species using species distribution models (SDMs). There is a need for a powerful software tool to automatically or semi-automatically assist in identifying and correct...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2015-06, Vol.10 (6), p.e0128295-e0128295
Hauptverfasser:	Kong, Xiaoquan, Huang, Minyi, Duan, Renyan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal behavior Animals Application programming interface Biodiversity Biogeography Climate change Computational Biology - methods Computer programs Databases, Factual Ecology Freeware International economic relations Internet Language Life sciences Models, Statistical Open source software Operating systems Phylogeny Researchers Software Software development tools Software industry Software packages Species Taxonomy Web applications Wildlife conservation
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Zusammenfassung:	It is important to easily and efficiently obtain high quality species distribution data for predicting the potential distribution of species using species distribution models (SDMs). There is a need for a powerful software tool to automatically or semi-automatically assist in identifying and correcting errors. Here, we use Python to develop a web-based software tool (SDMdata) to easily collect occurrence data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and check species names and the accuracy of coordinates (latitude and longitude). It is an open source software (GNU Affero General Public License/AGPL licensed) allowing anyone to access and manipulate the source code. SDMdata is available online free of charge from .
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0128295