Thuiller et al. (2009) suggest that our science is "intertwined with technical innovation..." and how it is "dependent on the existence of suitable software" (Thuiller et al. 2009, Ecography, 32, 369-373).
What do you want to do with software and how? We are researching these questions.

As users and developers of R and R packages we would love you to participate, obviously the best information will come if all types of users and all software are well represented.

Please accept this invitation to take the (anonymous) research survey on Species Distribution Modelling and Software. It takes only takes 5 to 15 minutes, just follow this link...
https://microsoft.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_80yEiYdFCj7Q3dO
The survey is open until 1st of July, but please complete as soon as possible! Your views and experiences are immensely valued!

We will publish aggregated results so the modelling community & developers (everyone!) benefits from this research project. It is all anonymous (you can find the project and privacy information here http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/sdmsoftwaresurvey/default.aspx).

If you have any questions please email us here<mailto:sdmquest@microsoft.com?subject=SDM%20Survey>
Best wishes
Greg, Lucas, & Lara


The Research team

We (Greg McInerny, Lucas Joppa and Lara Salido) are Ecologists in the Computational Ecology and Environmental Sciences group in the Computational Science Laboratory at Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK. We frequently use SDM and are interested in all kinds of ecological and methodological questions. Find out more about our group's research here<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/groups/ecology/default.aspx>  You can also find out more about the survey at the project homepage here <http://research.microsoft.com/sdmsoftwaresurvey/%20>  If you have any questions, please email us here<mailto:sdmquest@microsoft.com?subject=SDM%20Survey>



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