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Species Distribution Model: Gaussian Niche Modeling (2D)

2D niche-modeling lab: two independent environmental gradients (temperature, precipitation), a real Gaussian suitability function per gradient combined multiplicatively, and live sliders for niche optimum/tolerance that reshape the predicted range in real time.

Ecology & Conservation Biology2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion strips the species-distribution model down to the math that actually drives it: a landscape with two independent environmental gradients (temperature and precipitation), a real Gaussian suitability curve per gradient, and a habitat-suitability field formed by multiplying the two together at every cell — the same envelope-model approach used by BIOCLIM-style correlative SDMs. Drag the niche optimum and tolerance sliders for each variable and watch the predicted range genuinely shift, shrink and expand across the map, rather than a decorative blob that only looks like it responds to the controls.

⚙ Under the hood

2D niche-modeling lab with two independent environmental gradients, a real Gaussian suitability function per gradient, and a multiplicative combined-suitability field that reshapes as niche optimum/tolerance sliders move.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install