Species distribution dataset¶
This dataset represents the geographic distribution of two species in Central and South America. The two species are:
« Bradypus variegatus » , the Brown-throated Sloth.
« Microryzomys minutus » , also known as the Forest Small Rice Rat, a rodent that lives in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
The dataset is not a typical dataset since a Bunch
containing the attributes data and target is not returned. Instead, we have
information allowing to create a « density » map of the different species.
The grid for the map can be built using the attributes x_left_lower_corner, y_left_lower_corner, Nx, Ny and grid_size, which respectively correspond to the x and y coordinates of the lower left corner of the grid, the number of points along the x- and y-axis and the size of the step on the grid.
The density at each location of the grid is contained in the coverage attribute.
Finally, the train and test attributes contain information regarding the location of a species at a specific location.
The dataset is provided by Phillips et. al. (2006).