Background points for reptile species distribution modelling, Victoria, Australia

Input file used to model the species distributions of 40 reptile species in Victoria, Australia.<div><br></div><div>10749 background locations used in MaxEnt modelling. 5749 points generated using reptile occurrence dataset. Additional 5000 points generated at random locations within a 50% kernal density polygon generated from the reptile occurrence dataset. <div>Methods used to generate the input files and perform modelling are outlined in the methods section of the abovementioned publication.<br></div></div><div><br></div><div><div>Original reptile occurrence records dataset obtained from Victorian Biodiversity Atlas - https://vba.dse.vic.gov.au/vba/#/</div><div><br></div><div>About the VBA -</div><div>https://www.environment.vic.gov.au/biodiversity/victorian-biodiversity-atlas</div><div>Metadata -</div><div>http://services.land.vic.gov.au/catalogue/metadata?anzlicId=ANZVI0803004161&publicId=guest&extractionProviderId=1#tab0</div></div>