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To disseminate ArcGIS v9x tools created by the
landscape ecology component of the EPA STARMAP project. Available ArcGIS Tools for Download: Functional
Linkage of Watersheds and Streams (FLoWS): The goal of the
functional linkage of watersheds and streams tools is to allow aquatic and
terrestrial landscapes to be hydrologically-linked. In this sense,
relationships between sites can be represented through functional distance
measures. For many hydrological processes (not all!) downstream flow
direction is an important ecological process, so that distance is not
symmetric. Also, including important landscape attributes that modify the
degree to which nearby locations are connected is important. This would
include topographic considerations such as stream gradient and slope, as well
as features that might impede the movement of a species or process such as
waterfalls, dams, or certain vegetation types. Functional Connectivity tools(FunConn): The goal of the
functional connectivity model is to allow landscape connectivity to be
examined from a functional perspective. Functional connectivity recognizes
that individuals, species or processes respond functionally (or behaviorally)
to the physical structure of the landscape. From this perspective, landscape
connectivity is specific to a landscape and species/individual/process under
investigation. Spatially-balanced
sampling using RRQRR: The goal of the Reversed Randomized Quadrant-Recursive Raster (RRQRR) algorithm is to provide environmental managers a practical, useful GIS tool to generate simple, efficient, and robust survey designs for natural resource applications. RRQRR generates a rigorous probability-based survey design that is spatially-balanced and allows surfaces to be used to specify the inclusion probability. |
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