Infomap Bioregions: Interactive Mapping of Biogeographical Regions from Species Distributions.

ABSTRACT: Biogeographical regions (bioregions) reveal how different sets of species are spatially grouped and therefore are important units for conservation, historical biogeography, ecology, and evolution. Several methods have been developed to identify bioregions based on species distribution data rather than expert opinion. One approach successfully applies network theory to simplify and highlight the underlying structure in species distributions. However, this method lacks tools for simple and efficient analysis. Here, we present Infomap Bioregions, an interactive web application that inputs species distribution data and generates bioregion maps. Species distributions may be provided as georeferenced point occurrences or range maps, and can be of local, regional, or global scale. The application

SUBMITTER: Edler D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5410963 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature