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An overview of habitat modelling projects for Species at Risk in the Maritimes
November 17, 2025
The Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre (AC CDC) houses Atlantic Canada’s most extensive biodiversity database, maintaining over 3.1 million records,...
Model Spotlight SDM HSI NS NB PEI Birds Lichen Species at Risk Canada Warbler Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Bank Swallow Black Ash Eastern Waterfan Wrinkled Shingle Lichen
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Model Spotlight: Modelling North American beaver (Castor canadensis) distribution in Mi'kma'ki (Nova Scotia, Canada)
April 26, 2023
The North American beaver (C. canadensis) is a keystone species of ecological and biocultural importance in Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia)
Model Spotlight SDM Nova Scotia Beaver Castor canadensis Mi'kma'ki
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Westwood Lab in partnership with AC CDC hosts workshop to address the knowledge gaps, barriers, and challenges of species distribution modelling
January 27, 2023
All models are wrong, but some are useful – George E. P. Box.
SDM Workshop Knowledge Sharing
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Model Spotlight: Developing species distribution models for Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) in Atlantic Canada
January 13, 2023
The wood turtle, Glyptemys insculpta, is listed as threatened federally in Canada and provincially in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick...
Model Spotlight SDM Nova Scotia New Brunswick Species at Risk Wood Turtle Glyptemys insculpta
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Model Spotlight: Species Distribution Model for Fraxinus nigra (Wisqoq; Black Ash)
April 19, 2022
Fraxinus nigra is an ecologically and culturally important species facing imminent threats
Model Spotlight SDM Nova Scotia Species at Risk Fraxinus nigra Wisqoq Black Ash
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Model Spotlight: Species Distribution Models for three PEI bird Species at Risk
February 07, 2022
Canada Warbler, Olive-sided Flycatcher and Eastern Wood-Pewee
Model Spotlight SDM PEI birds Species at Risk Canada Warbler Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee