TY - JOUR
T1 - The Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory
T2 - Where ecology meets big data
AU - Hallgren, Willow
AU - Beaumont, Linda
AU - Bowness, Andrew
AU - Chambers, Lynda
AU - Graham, Erin
AU - Holewa, Hamish
AU - Laffan, Shawn
AU - Mackey, Brendan
AU - Nix, Henry
AU - Price, Jeff
AU - Vanderwal, Jeremy
AU - Warren, Rachel
AU - Weis, Gerhard
N1 - Copyright the Author(s) 2015. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - Advances in computing power and infrastructure, increases in the number and size of ecological and environmental datasets, and the number and type of data collection methods, are revolutionizing the field of Ecology. To integrate these advances, virtual laboratories offer a unique tool to facilitate, expedite, and accelerate research into the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. We introduce the uniquely cloud-based Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory (BCCVL), which provides access to numerous species distribution modelling tools; a large and growing collection of biological, climate, and other environmental datasets; and a variety of experiment types to conduct research into the impact of climate change on biodiversity.Users can upload and share datasets, potentially increasing collaboration, cross-fertilisation of ideas, and innovation among the user community. Feedback confirms that the BCCVL's goals of lowering the technical requirements for species distribution modelling, and reducing time spent on such research, are being met.
AB - Advances in computing power and infrastructure, increases in the number and size of ecological and environmental datasets, and the number and type of data collection methods, are revolutionizing the field of Ecology. To integrate these advances, virtual laboratories offer a unique tool to facilitate, expedite, and accelerate research into the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. We introduce the uniquely cloud-based Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory (BCCVL), which provides access to numerous species distribution modelling tools; a large and growing collection of biological, climate, and other environmental datasets; and a variety of experiment types to conduct research into the impact of climate change on biodiversity.Users can upload and share datasets, potentially increasing collaboration, cross-fertilisation of ideas, and innovation among the user community. Feedback confirms that the BCCVL's goals of lowering the technical requirements for species distribution modelling, and reducing time spent on such research, are being met.
KW - biodiversity
KW - climate change
KW - virtual Laboratory
KW - species distribution modelling
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84951566654&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.10.025
DO - 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.10.025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84951566654
VL - 76
SP - 182
EP - 186
JO - Environmental Modelling and Software
JF - Environmental Modelling and Software
SN - 1364-8152
ER -