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Biodiversity analysis supporting species-subspecies uncertainty in findings data

The number of geocoded localities rises significantly and considerable research has been devoted to addressing spatial distribution of various types of species (endemic, threatened, invasive, etc.) and determining ecological niche of the species. An object model presented in the paper enables pairing data from GIS layers with floristic findings bound to any taxonomic rank and thus easing complex analysis regarding ecological niche and biodiversity. Biodiversity as the variety within the living species is commonly defined in relation to specific spatial unit. Due to uncertainty or impossibility to determine finding at the exact subspecies level, special care has been devoted to expressing biodiversity at the species level with data uncertainty regarding species-subspecies relation. The model structure, input and output interface and types of results and analysis have been described. An algorithm for calculation of minimal and maximum possible species count in an area has been described

Biodiversity; Spatial analysis; Alpha diversity; Ecological niche; Species-subspecies relation

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