META-X - Software for Metapopulation Viability Analysis

Karin Frank, Helmut Lorek, Frank Köster, Michael Sonnenschein, Christian Wissel, Volker Grimm (Autoren)

UFZ-Centre UFZ-Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle (Herausgeber)

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XII, 195 Seiten

2002 | 1., Ed.
Springer Berlin
978-3-540-44182-3 (ISBN)

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Meta-X is a user-friendly computer program that allows students, teachers, and researchers to perform a metapopulation viability analysis i.e. to assess the extinction risk of (meta)populations on discrete, partially isolated patches of habitat, in a comfortable way. The CD comes with an extensive handbook which explains the basic concept of the program and takes you on a guided tour through a model experiment. It further provides the necessary scientific background on both metapopulation dynamics and population viability analysis. A special feature of Meta-X is that it supports comparative analyses of alternative scenarios. This predestines Meta-X to serve as an aid for decision making in conservation management and landscape planning. Furthermore, handbook and software together provide an invaluable help in research and teaching.

Introduction.- Contents.- Installation.- Basic Concepts.- Guided Tour.- The Project Tree.- Scenarios and Experiments.- Simulation and Evaluation.- The Landscape Editor.- Parameter Variation.- Import, Export and Report.- Reference.- Goals, Methods, and Concepts of PVA.- The META-X Model in Detail.- Parameterizing META-X.- Example Applications.- Glossary.-

Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	520 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Schlagworte	animal societies • environmental planning • habitat islands • HC/Biologie/Ökologie • Inseln, biologische • Modeling • Modellbildung • patches • Pflanzengesellschaften • plant societies • Population biology • Populationsbiologie • Populationsökologie • Software • Tiergesellschaften • Umweltplanung • Viabilität • viability
ISBN-10	3-540-44182-4 / 3540441824
ISBN-13	978-3-540-44182-3 / 9783540441823
Zustand	Neuware