DIVA-GIS

Manual

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

Tutorial

Download the tutorial (pdf) and the accompanying data.
Some help with climate data, niche modeling, and clm files. By Julian Ramirez and Aaron Bueno-Cabrera.

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

Examples of DIVA-GIS use

A new list of research articles citing DIVA-GIS.

Frequently Asked Questions

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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 species occurrence data quality, cleaning and uses by Arthur Chapman
Paper about data bias, and data cleaning