Global Online Seminar #36 - New tools for SDM and comparative niche studies
Channel: A. Townsend Peterson
Date: 2018-03-14

New tools for species distribution modeling and comparative studies of the niche

Abstract: In this informal talk, I will briefly outline a few of the new tools available in the ENMTools R package, and talk about the implications they have for those constructing ENMs and those using them in a comparative context.  I will demonstrate the conceptual outline of the new package and how it differs from existing approaches, and then will show off some of the new tools available for making measurements and visualizations of ENMs in niche space.  I will also demonstrate the new interface for testing hypotheses about niche similarity and identity, as well as new tools for looking at patterns of niche overlap in the context of a phylogeny.