Generalized Dissimilarity Model - GDM

Description

This model predicts the beta-diversity patterns by using environmental predictors. For more details, see: Ferrier, S., Manion, G., Elith, J., & Richardson, K. (2007). Using generalized dissimilarity modelling to analyse and predict patterns of beta diversity in regional biodiversity assessment. Diversity and Distributions, 13(3), 252–264. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00341.x

Inputs

Name	Type	Description
Input Occurences	csv file	Csv file with species occurences (colunms sp, x, y).
Predictors	Map Type	Map of predictor variables in geoTiff format.
Output folder	Folder	Folder to save outputs.
Input Mask	Map Filename Type	The filename of the shape of area of study.
Hexagon Size	Real Value Type	Value that define size of sample units.

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
Map	Categorical Map	Map of classes or categories

Group

BioDinamica

Notes

First, this functor verifies whether there is a valid input in “Possible Map 1”; if not, it chooses “Possible Map 2” as input. It is a convenient way to provide an alternate categorical map in case an execution pipeline does not return a valid data. If “Possible Map 2” is not set, the functor will return a void output.

Internal Name

BioDinamica