Geoprocessing For Ecology

name geoprocessing-for-ecology description Handles spatial data operations: reprojection, raster stacking, clipping, extraction, and environmental predictor downloads for ecological analyses. Use this skill when the user needs CRS reprojection, raster masking or cropping, spatial extraction, buffer creation, raster resampling, spatial joins, GeoTIFF processing, shapefile operations, WorldClim/CHELSA/ERA5 predictor downloads, GDAL operations, or predictor stack preparation. skill_version 1.0.0 Skill: geoprocessing-for-ecology Domain: Spatial analysis · CRS · Raster · Vector · Extraction Phase: 1 — Foundation Used by: run-sdm-study, assess-ecological-impact, build-fire-risk-map, analyze-environmental-change, assess-ecosystem-services Purpose Guides the agent through spatial data operations needed in quantitative ecology: coordinate reference system management, raster and vector processing, spatial masking, buffer creation, intersection, and extraction of environmental values at occurrence or sample points. When to Invoke Reprojecting layers to a common CRS Clipping rasters or shapefiles to a study area Extracting environmental variables at point locations Creating buffers around sites or features Computing landscape metrics from a land cover layer Stacking multi-band rasters for modeling Inputs Input Format Required Occurrence / sample points CSV with lat/lon, SHP, GPKG Yes Study area polygon SHP, GPKG, GeoJSON Yes Environmental rasters GeoTIFF, NetCDF Yes Land cover or habitat layer GeoTIFF, SHP Optional Outputs Output Description layers_reprojected/ All layers in common CRS predictors_stack.tif Aligned, masked raster stack points_with_env.csv Points with extracted environmental values study_area_buffered.gpkg Study area with optional buffer spatial_qa_report.md CRS audit and alignment report Steps