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GLM- and BIOCLIM-based scenarios can not be the same
This October the International Journal of Measurement Technologies and Instrumentation Engineering (IJMTIE) published updated study of BioModel-group (Kyiv) on biodiversity and its conditions in Ukraine and seven surrounding countries i.e. ‘Biodiversity and Habitat Changes Modelling Experiences in Ukraine and Eastern Europe Countries’. More details… It includes four different methods related Read more…
Models Building Journal
BioModel produced new SDM for Red Squirrel and Stone Moroko
New SDMs and species profiles are available now at the BioModel web-page. Stone moroko (Pseudorasbora parva): Profile, Article. Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris): Profile, Article.
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GLOBIO3 modellers workshop and training took place in the Netherlands
1-4 November 2011: BioModel representative (Grigoriy Kolomytsev) participated in workshop, which took place in Enschede. It was combined with a short training course on GLOBIO3 (including land-use-change simulation exercises using CLUE model). The workshop invitees list included partners around the globe were involved to GLOBIO3 modelling. It was organized by Read more…
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MSA and associated agrobiodiversity
In corridors:young researches of the Ukraine National University of Bioresources and Life Sciences published new results on MSA index analyze. They found out sufficient linear correlations between MSA and the long-term oscillations of population size of Реrdiх реrdiх L. and Lepus europaeus L. The authors argued that it allows in Read more…
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Porcupines and new terminology fighting
Porcupines are rodents with a coat of sharp spines, or quills, that defend or camouflage them from predators… More. The new terminology fighting takes place in Ukraine’s Wiki environment now. People who loves Russian language persistently recommend usage of the former-USSR term ‘dikobraz’ contrary to the reconstructed ‘їzhatets’, which was Read more…
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The Archeri predatory fungi is in the Carpathian now
Rare Archeri predatory fungi Anthurus archeri has been found by the author in the Carpathian Mountains in June 2010, near Modjarosh and Shajan village. The news was published by BioModel team this year (in conclusion part of the article). It is not new but additional observation of the species in Read more…
Bd Training Package
GLOBIO3 and Ukraine terresrtial ecosystems assessment
There is new BioModel’s article on history of the first digital generalization of human impacts on Ukraine terrestrial biodiversity with usage of the GLOBIO-3 method.
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Today is the World Day to Combat Desertification
In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 17 the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought to promote public awareness of the issue, and the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification. Desertification is also serious and Read more…
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Biodiversity Modelling Experiences in Ukraine
The Chapter 12 ‘Biodiversity Modelling Experiences in Ukraine’ has been published by IGI in the book ‘Land Use, Climate Change and Biodiversity Modeling: Perspectives and Applications. See Abstract of the Ch.12 [about which we have informed our readers last year] as well as final Table of Contents & List of Read more…