| - |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednersday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| 0900-0930 |
Introduction to GBIF and the course (Torres) |
Ecological niche modeling (niche concepts)
(Martinez) |
Ecological niche modeling: Diverse solutions to a
complex problem (Pearson) |
ENM issues: intermodel variation (Best Subsets)
(Anderson) |
Project development |
| 0930-1000 |
Words of welcome and introduction, presentation of
instructors (Peterson) |
Factors important in ecological niches (Peterson) |
" |
Model validation: statistical considerations
(Nakamura) |
" |
| 1000-1030 |
Brief introductions of participants |
Niche space and geographic distributions
(Soberon) |
Introduction to GARP: One solution to the
niche-modeling challenge (Peterson) |
Model validation: practical considerations (ROC,
Kappa, chi-square) |
Brief presentations of project
results |
| 1030-1100 |
" |
ENM issues: effects of dispersal (Pearson) |
" |
Disussion and questions |
" |
| 1100-1115 |
Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
| 1115-1200 |
Biodiversity - general introduction
(dimensions of biodiversity, how many species are there,
general patterns of distribution of biodiversity, what
are important factors) (Soberon) |
Disussion and questions |
Introduction to MaxEnt (Anderson) |
Statistical validation practice and
project development |
Brief presentations of project
results |
| 1200-1230 |
" |
Case Studies - The geographic
dimension |
" |
" |
" |
| 1230-1300 |
Disussion and questions |
" |
Discussion and questions |
" |
" |
| 1300-1330 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
| 1330-1400 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
| 1400-1430 |
Introduction to distributed
biodiversity databases (Peterson) |
Ecological niche modeling: A
statistical framework (Nakamura) |
Case Studies - Ecological niches and
geographic distributions |
Case Studies |
" |
| 1430-1500 |
" |
" |
" |
" |
Sum-up and remarks (instructors) |
| 1500-1530 |
Biological data - sources and
considerations (Papes) |
Geographic data - sources and
considerations (TBA) |
DesktopGARP Interface |
Project development |
Discussion and questions |
| 1530-1600 |
Discussion and questions |
Discussion and questions |
" |
" |
" |
| 1600-1630 |
Exploration and play with GBIF, REMIB,
etc. |
Exploration and geographic data
preparation |
MaxEnt Interface - Introduction
(Anderson) |
" |
Course wrap-up and evaluation |
| 1630-1700 |
Biological data preparation |
" |
" |
" |
" |
