Ecologgers, Some of the links didn't come through correctly in yesterday's post. If you go to the Linkage Mapper website (http://code.google.com/p/linkage-mapper) you will find all the information and links from the original message.
Best, Brad -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brad McRae, Ph.D. The Nature Conservancy North America Region 1917 1st Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 Tel: 541-223-1170 email: [email protected] http://www.nature.org/ourscience/brad-mcrae.xml On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Brad McRae <[email protected]> wrote: > We've released a new version of the Linkage Mapper connectivity modeling > toolbox, which automates mapping of movement corridors connecting up to > thousands of habitat patches. This release rounds out the toolbox with the > addition of a new climate module (details below). > > The release can be downloaded here: http://code.google.com/p/linkage-mapper > > In addition to the original Linkage Mapper functionality for automatically > building habitat networks and mapping corridors, we've recently added the > following four modules: > > *CLIMATE LINKAGE MAPPER maps corridors crossing climatic gradients to > facilitate species range shifts under climate change. More details about the > method can be found in Nunez et al. (2013; > http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.12014/abstract) and on the > Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group website > (http://waconnected.org/climate-change-analysis/). > > *BARRIER MAPPER implements a new method for detecting important barriers to > facilitate restoration planning (details on the method can be found in a new > manuscript: > http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0052604). > > *PINCHPOINT MAPPER uses Circuitscape to identify pinch-points (a.k.a. > bottlenecks or choke points) in corridors produced by Linkage Mapper. > > *CENTRALITY MAPPER analyzes core and corridor centrality in networks > produced by Linkage Mapper to help prioritize important corridors. > > The modules are all packaged as an open-source ArcGIS toolbox, written in > Python. We invite programmers to collaborate on future Linkage Mapper > development. > > If you have suggestions for improvement or are interested in contributing to > the code base, please get in touch! > > Brad McRae
