Modeling Habitat Shifts: Integrating Convolutional Neural Networks and Tabular Data for Species Migration Prediction
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10993v1
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 05:17:58 GMT
- Title: Modeling Habitat Shifts: Integrating Convolutional Neural Networks and Tabular Data for Species Migration Prediction
- Authors: Emir Durakovic, Min-Hong Shih,
- Abstract summary: We propose a solution to accurately model whether bird species are present in a specific habitat.<n>Our approach makes use of satellite imagery and environmental features to predict bird presence across various climates.<n>Both systems predict the distribution of birds with an average accuracy of 85%, offering a scalable but reliable method to understand bird migration.
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- Abstract: Due to climate-induced changes, many habitats are experiencing range shifts away from their traditional geographic locations (Piguet, 2011). We propose a solution to accurately model whether bird species are present in a specific habitat through the combination of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) (O'Shea, 2015) and tabular data. Our approach makes use of satellite imagery and environmental features (e.g., temperature, precipitation, elevation) to predict bird presence across various climates. The CNN model captures spatial characteristics of landscapes such as forestation, water bodies, and urbanization, whereas the tabular method uses ecological and geographic data. Both systems predict the distribution of birds with an average accuracy of 85%, offering a scalable but reliable method to understand bird migration.
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