BI7138 Biodiversity Informatics Final Assignment Brief 2024-25

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Hairy dragonfly (Brachytronpretense) is a small hawker found throughout Western and Central Europe. Hairy dragonfly was historically rare in Britain, but records of this species have increased in recent years its range has expanded. The distribution of Hairy Dragonfly sems to be largely governed by temperature and its distribution in Britain seems to be limited by the impact of the Gulf stream. In Ireland, on the other hand, the species is more widespread. As with the majority of Odonata species, Hairy dragonfly also requires areas of standing water so adequate rainfall to maintain breeding sites throughout the flight period (April - July) is important for successful breeding.

Make sure that your data use the same spatial reference and projection, or you may have trouble combining data sources. You will likely need to extract data from spatial sources and add these to your dragonfly dataset. When choosing potential variables to include, make sure that they are ecologically relevant and that you understand their units of measurement.

Learning outcomes:

1. Master complex and specialized software and use informed judgement to organise, manipulate and analyse numeric and/or spatial data
2. Systematically deploy knowledge of appropriate statistical and/or spatial methods to justify their use and interpret relevant outputs
3. Critically evaluate the scientific literature to develop appropriate hypotheses which can be analysed using statistical and/or spatial approaches
4. Critically evaluate the results of statistical and/or spatial analyses by producing figures, maps and written work of a professional standard