*** Predicting the potential distribution of the alien invasive Alligator gar Atractosteus spatula in China ***
Authors: Dawei Liu, Chunping Xie, C. Y. Jim, Yanjun Liu, Senlin Hou
Nanjing Forest Police College, Nanjing, 210023, China
College of Science, Qiongtai Normal University, Haikou 571127, China
Department of Social Sciences, Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong 999077, China
Key Laboratory of State Forest and Grassland Administration Wildlife Evidence Technology, Nanjing, 210023, China
Contact Information:
xcp@mail.qtnu.edu.cn
College of Science, Qiongtai Normal University, Haikou 571127, China
***General Introduction***
This dataset contains data collected during MaxEnt modelling experiments at Qiongtai Normal University, as part of Platform for the use of tropical biodiversity resources (January 2019 to September 2022):
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It is being made public both to act as supplementary data for publications and in order for other researchers to use this data in their own work.
The data in this data set was collected in the Biology Laboratory of the Qiongtai Normal University, between January 2019 to September 2022.
This research project was made possible by Key Laboratory of State Forest and Grassland Administration on Wildlife Evidence Technology, grant numbers KLNPC2104, Tropical Biodiversity and Bioresource Utilization Laboratory of Qiongtai Normal University, grant numbers QTPT21-5, and Special Talent Projects of Qiongtai Nor-mal University (2022).
***Purpose of the test campaign***
The purpose of these experiments was to identify and assess the significant climatic factors influencing the current distribution of Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) in China, as detailed in " Atractosteus spatula _DATA.csv"
***Test equipment***
The geographical distribution data of Atractosteus spatula were obtained from five mainstream media in China were encompassed in the search, including The Paper (https://www.thepaper.cn), Sohu (https://www.sohu.com), NetEase (https://www.163.com), CCTV (https://www.cctv.com/) and People's Daily Online (http://www.people.com.cn).
***Description of the data in this data set***
A total of 49 records were obtained. Removing the duplicate locations, 36 valid occurrence records of Atractosteus spatula were finally selected in the study. The data were put into an Excel worksheet and saved in a CSV file. The sample spots' coordinates in longitude and latitude were acquired using the WGS84 coordinate system.
