DIVA GIS and environmental niche modelling excersise

You will be using DIVA GIS for the niche modelling of the species you have chosen to investigate its invasive potential.

On Friday 2 May we will be learning how to use DIVA GIS for the climate envelope modelling you will be doing on your species by doing an exercise on modelling the distribution of  wild peanuts.

You should work through the basic DIVA GIS tutorial before our session on your own in order to find the tutorial easier as you will know the programs basics.

After this you should be able to start modelling on your own species data.

Note: we will be helping you with resource etc of where to find data for your species. Keep an eye on this blog and the main BCB Honours BIM blog

Download the tutorial, exercise and data from the main BCB BIM Honours blog 

BIM Honours Assignments for 2014

Here is the list of assignments which will be expected to complete for this course. The list includes a short description, percentage of the total course mark and  the deadline for each assignment.

Your final and main assignment will be a research paper on the invasive potential of a species of your choice.

You will naturally be getting more information about these assignments and what is expected of you as the course continues.

Assignment 1: Glossary for terms specific to Biodiversity Information Management
10% of total mark
End of the course

Assignment 2: Data Portal review e.g. Landcover.org, Fishbase, Algae base, etc

10% of total mark
Friday end of second week

Assignment 3: Using the Biodiversity GIS Information portal for Landuse Decision Support

10% of total mark

Friday end of third week

Assignment 4: PowerPoint Expert System for your chosen species

10% of total mark

Friday end of fourth week

Assignment 5: Present Research proposal - Species Invasive Potentail

20% of total mark

Friday end of fourth week

Assignment 6: Research paper on the invasive potential of your chosen species

40% of total mark

Friday two weeks after the end of the course

Hi BIM Honours Students

Welcome to the BIM Honours Blog 2014.

On this blog we will put up notification of what we expect you will be doing and what we expect you to prepare for when we meet.

We will be meeting all day on Tuesday and on Friday afternoons.

Note that many on the posts in this blog will refer to the main BIM Honours Blog which you can regard as a general course resource while this blog will contain the details and dates specific to 2014.

You can find the main BIM Honours Blog here bcbhonoursbim.blogspot.com

In the next few post I will put up details of what you must prepare for Friday 2 May and Tuesday 6 May as well as the details for your assignments.

Cheers
Martin