use land use and occupancy data in niche modelling

[M Mf]

Dear colleagues,

In my niche modeling work I intend to use land use and occupancy data, as this may limit the occurrence of my specimens throughout my geographic territory. Do colleagues find this idea pertinent? I do not know if I present one model with use and occupation and another without, for comparison purposes. What do you colleagues think?

Hugs.

[Jamie M. Kass]

I don't see why you can't include the land use in the model as a categorical variable. And what kind of data is this "occupancy" data? Can you explain?

[M Mf]

Dear Jamie,

I have a file of use and occupation of the soil made by IBGE Brazi - Use and occupation since it is based on the use and occupation of land for agriculture in Brazil.

Here you can better visualize the information contained in it: ftp://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/informacoes_ambientais/cobertura_e_uso_da_terra/uso_atual/mapas/brasil/uso_da_terra_1996.pdf.

Hugs.

Marília

[Jamie M. Kass]

Can you please rephrase what the question is? It seems like you want to compare two kinds of variables as predictors for your model. Please clarify.