WALLACE: A flexible platform for reproducible modeling of species niches and distributions built for community expansion

TY - JOUR

T1 - WALLACE

T2 - A flexible platform for reproducible modeling of species niches and distributions built for community expansion

AU - Kass, Jamie M.

AU - Vilela, Bruno

AU - Aiello-Lammens, Matthew E.

AU - Muscarella, Robert

AU - Merow, Cory

AU - Anderson, Robert P.

PY - 2018/4

Y1 - 2018/4

N2 - Scientific research increasingly calls for open-source software that is flexible, interactive, and expandable, while providing methodological guidance and reproducibility. Currently, many analyses in ecology are implemented with “black box” graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that lack flexibility or command-line interfaces that are infrequently used by non-specialists. To help remedy this situation in the context of species distribution modeling, we created Wallace, an open and modular application with a richly documented GUI with underlying R scripts that is flexible and highly interactive. Wallace guides users from acquiring and processing data to building models and examining predictions. Additionally, it is designed to grow via community contributions of new modules to expand functionality. All results are downloadable, along with code to reproduce the analysis. Wallace provides an example of an innovative platform to increase access to cutting-edge methods and encourage plurality in science and collaboration in software development.

AB - Scientific research increasingly calls for open-source software that is flexible, interactive, and expandable, while providing methodological guidance and reproducibility. Currently, many analyses in ecology are implemented with “black box” graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that lack flexibility or command-line interfaces that are infrequently used by non-specialists. To help remedy this situation in the context of species distribution modeling, we created Wallace, an open and modular application with a richly documented GUI with underlying R scripts that is flexible and highly interactive. Wallace guides users from acquiring and processing data to building models and examining predictions. Additionally, it is designed to grow via community contributions of new modules to expand functionality. All results are downloadable, along with code to reproduce the analysis. Wallace provides an example of an innovative platform to increase access to cutting-edge methods and encourage plurality in science and collaboration in software development.

KW - biogeography

KW - range

KW - reproducibility

KW - software

KW - spatial analysis

KW - species distribution model

KW - MAXENT

KW - COMPLEXITY

KW - ECOLOGY

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85040714083

U2 - 10.1111/2041-210X.12945

DO - 10.1111/2041-210X.12945

M3 - Journal article

SN - 2041-210X

VL - 9

SP - 1151

EP - 1156

JO - Methods in Ecology and Evolution

JF - Methods in Ecology and Evolution

IS - 4

ER -