Virtual Biogeography / Finding Nemo - GROUP DISCUSSION 2

27 May 2020

Participating members

Range maps:

Simpliest way going forward: GIS treatment of GBIF occurence data (Create buffer using Minimum convex polygon from occurrence points).

Format of GBIF data required for Emily: .csv (include only species name and lat/long)
Resources for pulling range map:
- RedlistR for IUCN Red list range map
- ConR package
- GBIF maps
Pick five example species for initial analysis (reference community: Nemo's class)
Expected result figures:
1. Overlay range maps to show the overlapping areas
2. Histogram of presence/absence data
3. Line graphs with time point/ location change that show data quality - how many species are you getting at a time point (accomodation curve)
To help with ID species using picture/shape: http://phylopic.org/