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Authors:
Gerardo Zárate
Jugurta Lisboa-Filho
Carlos Sperber
Keywords: Geospatial database modeling; Ecological Niches; Potential Geographic Distributions.
Abstract:
An ecological niche is defined by an array of biotic and abiotic requirements that allow organisms to survive and reproduce in a geographic area. Environmental data from a region can be used to predict the potential distribution of a species in a different region. Many formalisms for modeling geospatial information have been developed over the years. The most notable benefit of these formalisms is their focus on a high-level abstraction of reality, leaving unnecessary details behind. This paper presents a conceptual data schema for niches and potential geographic distributions using the UML GeoProfile formalism. The proposed data schema considers the geographic entities and environmental variables involved in the prediction of potential geographic distributions made with ecological niche data.
Pages: 31 to 37
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014
Publication date: March 23, 2014
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-393X
ISBN: 978-1-61208-326-1
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Dates: from March 23, 2014 to March 27, 2014