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Ecoregionalization workflow tutorial

Abstract

This tutorial is designed to guide you through the Ecoregionalization Galaxy workflow, demonstrating how to create an ecoregionalization map from occurrences and environmental data using a boosted regression trees model for predictions.

About This Material

This is a Hands-on Tutorial from the GTN which is usable either for individual self-study, or as a teaching material in a classroom.

Questions this will address

  • How to use the ecoregionalization workflow?
  • How to construct ecoregions from occurrences species data and environmental data?

Learning Objectives

  • Learning how to use the ecoregionalization workflow.
  • Learning about boosted regression trees algorithm.
  • Learning about Silhouette index and select an appropriate number of cluster
  • Learning about Clara clustering algorithm (PAM for large datasets)
  • Create an ecoregionalization map

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Keywords: EBV workflow, Ecology, earth-system, ecology, gbif, interactive-tools, modeling, ocean, taxonomic data

Target audience: Students

Resource type: e-learning

Version: 5

Status: Active

Prerequisites:

Introduction to Galaxy Analyses

Learning objectives:

  • Learning how to use the ecoregionalization workflow.
  • Learning about boosted regression trees algorithm.
  • Learning about Silhouette index and select an appropriate number of cluster
  • Learning about Clara clustering algorithm (PAM for large datasets)
  • Create an ecoregionalization map

Date modified: 2024-09-19

Date published: 2024-09-16

Authors: Pauline Seguineau

Contributors: Ankerl Yassine, Coline Royaux, Helena Rasche, Marie Josse, Saskia Hiltemann, Yvan Le Bras

Scientific topics: Ecology

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