Materials

1. Manual

   English version (pdf) (last updated August 2005)
         Spanish version – Versión en español (last updated January 2004)

2. Tutorial

        Download the tutorial (pdf) and the accompanying data. 

3. Exercises

1. Diversity of wild potatoes - handout - data 
2. Modeling the distribution of wild peanuts (Arachis spp.) - handout - data 
3. NEW - Basic mapping and GIS techniques using DIVA-GIS, by Chris Legg, IITA - handout: English, French - data
 

4. Frequently Asked Questions

5. Background reading on species distribution mapping

Short paper (pdf) describing DIVA-GIS 1.4 (from the Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter)
A review paper about the use of GIS in plant genetic resources conservation
A PowerPoint presentation about data cleaning and a discussion of species occurrence data quality, cleaning and uses by  Arthur Chapman
Paper about data bias, and data cleaning

Examples of DIVA-GIS use:
    Geographic distribution of wild potato species 
    Frost tolerance in wild potato species
    The ecogeography of the wild relatives of the peanut (genus Arachis)
    Predicting the potential geographical distribution of the sugarcane woolly aphid using GARP and DIVA-GIS 
        (plus Deccan Herald newspaper article)

6. Some relevant links