Modelling Best Practices Frequently Asked Questions

Goals

These ‘modelling best practices’ will be used by the community when building models to improve outcomes for SAR:

• Improved efficiency, quality
• Appropriate use of products
• Better decision making

Modelling Best Practices: Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can we verify or validate the model we’ve built?

A:

Robert Buchkowski has put together a document describing how to evaluate presence-absence species distribution models.

Q: When is it appropriate to use Topographic Position Index (TPI) as a habitat covariate? How should the data be processed for use in models (e.g., raw data? or categories?)?

A:

David Lieske has put together a TPI primer document to provide guidance on when/how to use Topographic Position Index (tpi) as a habitat covariate.