SDMtoolbox: a python-based ArcGIS toolbox for evolution and ecology

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SDMtoolbox A GIS toolkit for SDM, Genetic and Biogeography analyses

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November 18, 2021.  Ive discovered several syntax errors in the current version of SDMtoolbox unique to ArcMap 10.8 and 10.9.   Apparently ESRI has made several changes in their program that are not backward compatible, which is really frustrating.  I plan to vet this software on these versions over the holidays and fix any issues.  Check back soon for the update for these software versions.  In the meantime, if you have access to another version of ArcGIS, please use that with SDMtoolbox.

October 28, 2021.  Updated SDMtoolbox to version 2.5.  In this release I fixed a lot of minor bugs that I have been finding over the last year.

February 2, 2020. The beta of SDMtoolbox PRO is out! The creation of this version was a significant overhaul and required over 300 hrs of coding/troubleshooting.  There certainly are additional bugs that I haven’t found, that will need fixing.  Please be patient, but also let us know what your issues are.  There remains a bit of work on this software, but since the software is 99% functional, I need to take a break from wrangling code and focus on other stuff. In a couple of months, I plan to come back to this to put the finishing polish on it and write a new user guide.  Then I also will fix half a dozen issues in SDMtoolbox v2.   Both versions will be fully maintained until most people transition to ArcGIS Pro (then SDMtoolbox v2 will be retired).

February 18, 2019. SDMtoolbox 2.4 is released and brings the use of multiple CPU cores to the Run MaxEnt: Spatial Jackknifing. Please update.

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SDMtoolbox is a python-based ArcGIS toolbox for spatial studies of ecology, evolution and genetics. SDMtoolbox consists of a series python scripts (92 and growing) designed to automate complicated ArcMap (ESRI) analyses. A large set of the tools were created to complement MaxEnt species distribution models (SDMs) or to improve the predictive performance of MaxEnt models (for an overview, see chapter 5 in the user guide Running a SDM in MaxEnt: from Start to Finish). MaxEnt uses maximum entropy to model species geographic distributions using presence-only data (Phillips et al. 2006) and has become one of the most prevalent methods due to its high predictive performance, computational efficiency and ease of use. SDMtoolbox is not limited to analyses of MaxEnt models and many tools are also available for use on other data (i.e. haplotype networks) or the results of other SDM methods (see Universal SDM Analyses).

Software Citations:
SDMtoolbox 2.0
Brown JL, Bennett JR, French CM (2017). SDMtoolbox 2.0: the next generation Python-based GIS toolkit for landscape genetic, biogeographic and species distribution model analyses. PeerJ PDF

SDMtoolbox PRO SDMtoolbox 1.0
Brown J.L. (2014). SDMtoolbox: a python-based GIS toolkit for landscape genetic, biogeographic, and species distribution model analyses. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

Brief Overview of Main Analyses:

Calculation of species richness, weighted endemism and corrected weighted endemismCalculation of least-cost corridors and least-cost paths among shared haplotypes or among all sites (see image to right)Run spatial jackknifing in MaxEnt. Also automated independent evaluation of many feature classes and regularization multiplier values (see image to right)Creation of MaxEnt bias files for sampling biases associated with latitudinal changes in the area encompassed by decimal degree unitsCreation of MaxEnt bias files to limit background point selection to a maximum distance from presence points or within a buffered minimum-convex polygon (MCP) of a species distributionSpatially rarefy occurrence data (a.k.a. spatial filtering) to reduce spatial auto-correlation of occurrence points for use in species distribution modelingSDM over-prediction correction: clip by buffered MCP (see image to right)Limit dispersal in future SDMsCreate a friction layer from a species distribution model (a.k.a. ecological niche model or environmental niche model)Calculate area of habitat contraction, expansion and other distribution changes between current and future SDMs (see image to right)Calculate vectors of core distributional changes between current and future SDMsRandomly select pointsSplit shapefile by field attributesExplore summary statistics and correlations between environmental rasters before running a SDMBatch raster processing (i.e. preparing Worldclim data for MaxEnt): ASCII to raster files, raster to ASCII files, project to any projection, clip to a particular extent, re-sampling resolution, reclassifying and summing many rastersSplit SDM by input clade relationship- Inverse Distance WeightingCreate tessellated hexagon shapefiles

February 14, 2019. SDMtoolbox reaches 50,000+ users from all over the globe (map depicts downloads from 2012-2017)!

Analysis Summaries Above. SDM Overprediction Tool: Clip SDM by buffered MCP Above. Distribution Change Tool Above. Haplotype Dispersal Network Tool (Least-Cost Corridors) Above. MaxEnt Modeling: Spatial Jackknifing Tool

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