High performance computing from your laptop
Access and visualise a large set of biological, environmental, and climate (including future scenario) datasets and concurrently run statistical analyses on your data without burdening your personal computer.
Climate Data Layers
Environmental Data Layers
Average model runtime (sec)
Species Distribution from today to 2100
In the BCCVL, we do all the coding for you! You work your way through a user friendly-click-able interface to run Species Distribution Models and you can then take your results and put them into a Climate Change Projection experiment to see how climate will influence your chosen species.
Current
2045
2085
Occurrence Data: Atlas of Living Australia
Climate Data: Aust. Climate 1976 – 2005, 1km
Algorithm: Random Forest
Emission Scenario: RCP8.5
Climate Model: CSIRO Mark III
Emission Scenario: RCP8.5
Climate Model: CSIRO Mark III
Choose from six experiment types
Run a Species Distribution Model, Multispecies Distribution Model, Species Trait Model, Climate Change Projection, Biodiverse Analyses and/or an Ensemble Analyses in an easy-to-use , cloud-based, point and click interface!
Primary Experiments
Species Distribution Model
Used to investigate the potential distribution of a species under current climatic and/or environmental conditions.
Multispecies Distribution Model
Used to investigate the potential distribution of multiple species under current climatic conditions.
Species Trait Model
Currently under development. Used to model species distribution as a response to both traits and environmental variables.
Secondary Experiments
Climate Change Projection
Used to investigate the distribution of a species under potential future climatic conditions.
Biodiverse Analysis
Used to compute indices of biodiversity, such as community richness, endemism and rarity.
Ensemble Analysis
Used to reduce the uncertainty of using the single-model, or single-emissions-scenario approach.
Core Features
Modelling and Analysis
Generate and examine models for Species and Multi-species Distributions, Species Traits, Climate Change Projections, Biodiverse Experiments and perform Ensemble Analyses
Data Access
Easily access and use Species Occurrence and Species Trait datasets, Current and Future Climate datasets, and a range of other Environmental datasets.
Integrated Training
Dedicated support site and online open training platform allows extended training to BCCVL users. Includes a 10-module course on Species Distribution Models and a dedicated user support site full of knowledge articles.
Who’s it for?
Researchers
With a full range of species and climate impact experiments the BCCVL offers researchers access to data, experiments, advanced configuration options and all new in-depth experiment outputs allowing users to fully investigate model outputs
Managers
Our experiments provide distributions maps for iconic species, identify hotspots of biodiversity and investigate the impacts of climate change. The perfect tool for Local Government Authorities or Natural Resource Management groups
Undergraduates
The BCCVL is a great teaching tool! It allows students to learn about the ecological theory of modelling without getting bogged down in the data formatting and code
Workshop Program
The BCCVL is proud to offer integrated workshops suitable for a range of participants!
Undergraduate Workshops
Academic Workshops
Industry Groups
BCCVL provides user-friendly access to an effective range of ecological modelling tools with biological data from the Atlas of Living Australia and the Global Biodiversity Information facility. BCCVL is an excellent demonstration of an analytical application environment that can make excellent use of aggregated biological and environmental data.
Mr Lee BelbinBCCVL is a boon for ecologists wanting to undertake ecological modelling, but lacking ready access to their own team of database, GIS and modelling professionals. As a statistician who advises such end-users, I am excited! My clients will be able to think more carefully about what they are doing, and less about how to deal with the technology to make it happen.
Associate Professor Sama Low-ChoyThe BCCVL takes out nearly all the technical drudgery users are commonly faced with when running species distribution models. With its easy to use interface, accessible from anywhere, it opens the field to a whole new array of researchers who understand the systems they are working on, but do not have the technical skill-sets or hardware to properly answer their questions.
Associate Professor Shawn Laffan
