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ArticleScientific reports2024

With super SDMs (machine learning, open access big data, and the cloud) towards more holistic global squirrel hotspots and coldspots.

Moriz Steiner, F Huettmann, N Bryans, B Barker

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Moriz SteinerIUCN Small Mammal Specialist Group (SMSG), IUCN, Rue Mauverney 28, 1196, Gland, Switzerland. moriz.steiner.work@gmail.com.
F HuettmannEWHALE Lab-Biology and Wildlife Department, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Fairbanks, AK, USA.
N BryansOracle for Research, 2300 Oracle Wy, Austin, TX, 78741, USA.
B BarkerOracle for Research, 2300 Oracle Wy, Austin, TX, 78741, USA.

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Abstract

Species-habitat associations are correlative, can be quantified, and used for powerful inference. Nowadays, Species Distribution Models (SDMs) play a big role, e.g. using Machine Learning and AI algorithms, but their best-available technical opportunities remain still not used for their potential e.g. in the policy sector. Here we present Super SDMs that invoke ML, OA Big Data, and the Cloud with a workflow for the best-possible inference for the 300 + global squirrel species. Such global Big Data models are especially important for the many marginalized squirrel species and the high number of endangered and data-deficient species in the world, specifically in tropical regions. While our work shows common issues with SDMs and the maxent algorithm ('Shallow Learning'), here we present a multi-species Big Data SDM template for subsequent ensemble models and generic progress to tackle global species hotspot and coldspot assessments for a more inclusive and holistic inference.

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Access to InformationBig DataAlgorithmsAnimalsMachine LearningSciuridaeBIG DATACloud modelingMaxentOracleRSquirrelsSuper computerSuper species distribution models (SDMs)

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PMID38433273
PMCPMC10909860

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