Making species distribution models available on the Web for reuse in biodiversity experiments: Euterpe edulis species case study / Modelos de distribuição de espécies disponíveis na Web para reutilização em experimentos de biodiversidade: Estudo de caso com a espécie Euterpe edulis

Abstract

Currently, biodiversity conservation is one of the most urgent and important themes. Biodiversityresearchers use species distribution models to make inferences about species occurrences and locations.These models are fundamental for fauna and flora preservation, as well as for decision making processesfor urban and regional planning and development. Species distribution modelling tools use largebiodiversity datasets which are globally distributed, can be in different computational platforms, and are hard to access and manipulate. The scientific community needs infrastructures in which biodiversityresearchers can collaborate and share knowledge. In this context, we present a computationalenvironment that supports the collaboration in species distribution modelling network on the Web. Thisenvironment is based on a modelling experiment catalogue and on a set of geoweb services, the WebBiodiversity Collaborative Modelling Services – WBCMS.

Keywords

• Collaboration
• Species modelling
• Species distribution modelling
• E-science.