Sadia E. Ahmed|Greg McInerny|Kenton O’Hara|Richard Harper|Lara Salido|Stephen Emmott|Lucas Joppa
Scientists and software – surveying the species distribution modelling community
Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)|Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)|University of Oxford|Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)|Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)|National Museums Scotland|Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)|Microsoft (United States)
abstract aim software use ubiquitous species distribution modelling sdm domain nearly every scientist working sdm either uses develops specialist sdm software however little formally known prevalence preference one software another seek provide first time snapshot sdm users methods use questions answer location global methods conducted survey 300 sdm scientists capture snapshot community used extensive literature search sdm papers order investigate characteristics sdm community interactions software developers terms coauthoring research publications results results show members community develop software directly connected developers among highly connected published authors field show two popular softwares sdm lie opposite ends usecomplexity continuum main conclusion given importance sdm research changing environment increasing use policy domain vital aware software methodologies implemented present snapshot sdm community software methods used