This repository contains source code for the slides used in the GBIF Data Use Club seminar on 28 February 2024. The seminar was presented by Callum Waite, Erin Roger, and Shandiya Balasubramaniam. The slide deck may be viewed here and the recording is here.
Abstract
Early surveillance and incursion detection of invasive species is a crucial component of an effective biosecurity system. Australia is a global leader in biosecurity, having some of the world’s most stringent and recognisable biosecurity measures. Australia also has some of the most impactful introduced species worldwide due to a history of accidental and deliberate introductions. Here, we describe a prototype of a biosecurity alerts system developed in R by the Science and Decision Support Team at the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA). We describe how the experimental R package, {koel}, ingests species lists, applies spatial, temporal, and taxonomic filters to occurrence records from the ALA, and emails users with information about species of concern.