Title: Integrating eDNA and community science observations to model distribution of a temperate freshwater turtle near its northern range limit
SWD files are organized as required by MaxEnt. Four files are provided: Natural Heritage Information Centre (NHIC) only occurrences for musk turtles in the Rideau region, NHIC only occurrences in Southern Ontario region, NHIC + environmental DNA (eDNA) occurrences in the Rideau region, and NHIC + eDNA occurrences in Southern Ontario region. All files include the 40 environmental variables for the MaxEnt optimization framework (see MS methods section and Supplemental Information). Note that the coordinates of S. odoratus presence do not indicate the turle's physical presence, they are the centroids of 1 sq km grid cells where the turtles were reported or detected. This process obscures the true distribution of S. odoratus, which is a protected species in Canada.
Copyright Wenxi Feng and Stephen C. Lougheed. All rights reserved.
The data in this repository are for a paper authored by Wenxi Feng and Stephen C. Lougheedcurrently under review in PeerJ
These data can by used by others for their research projects once the paper has been reviewed and when it is accepted for publication. Upon publication these data will be made available under the following licence:
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When using these data please cite as:
Feng, W. and S.C. Lougheed. 2022. Integrating eDNA and community science observations to model distribution of a temperate freshwater turtle near its northern range limit. Unpublished data.