Biodiversity Information Science and Standards : Conference Abstract
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Corresponding author: Wilian França Costa (wilianfc@gmail.com)
Received: 03 Apr 2018 | Published: 21 May 2018
© 2018 Wilian Costa, Leonardo Miranda, Rafael Borges, Antonio Saraiva, Vera Imperatriz-Fonseca, Tereza Giannini
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Citation: Costa WF, Miranda L, Borges R, Saraiva A, Imperatriz-Fonseca V, Giannini T (2018) The Need of Species Distribution Models Metadata: Using Species Distribution Model to Address Decision Making on Climate Change. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 2: e25478. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.25478
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Anthropogenic-induced climate change has already altered the conditions to which species have adapted locally, and consequently, shifts of occurrence areas have been previously reported (
Thus, with SDMs, four types of decision making information data regarding priority species and areas could be obtained (Fig.
Priority species and areas, SDM metadata, and proposed decision information proxies on climate change scenarios.
The availability of the four above mentioned types of information can help on decision-making strategies aiming the protection of priority species and areas. In conclusion, SDMs present essential information about the present and future impacts of projected climate change and their derived data could be preserved using a standard controlled vocabulary.
Biodiversity, Metadata, Decision Proxy, Climate Change, SDM, Species Distribution Model, Darwin Core
Wilian França Costa
We are grateful to National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for financial support (proc. 446167/2015-0, 381626/2016-4 and 380277/2018-2).