GEO BON logo
tool-view

CircuitScape

0 reviews
Brad McRae and Viral Shah

Circuitscape is an open-source Julia program that uses circuit theory to model connectivity in heterogeneous landscapes. Its most common applications include modeling movement and gene flow of plants and animals, as well as identifying areas important for connectivity conservation. Circuit theory complements commonly-used connectivity models becaus ...

Link

DOI: 10.25080/EWDJ4033

Last Update: 2021

Data analysis Species populations Ecosystem function Terrestrial Birds Mammals Fishes Reptiles Amphibians

Login to add the tool into your favorites.

Circuitscape is an open-source Julia program that uses circuit theory to model connectivity in heterogeneous landscapes. Its most common applications include modeling movement and gene flow of plants and animals, as well as identifying areas important for connectivity conservation. Circuit theory complements commonly-used connectivity models because of its connections to random walk theory and its ability to simultaneously evaluate contributions of multiple dispersal pathways. Landscapes are represented as conductive surfaces, with low resistances assigned to landscape features types that are most permeable to movement or best promote gene flow, and high resistances assigned to movement barriers. Effective resistances, current flow, and voltages calculated across the landscapes can then be related to ecological processes, such as individual movement and gene flow. More detail about the underlying model, its parameterization, and potential applications in ecology, evolution, and conservation planning can be found in McRae (2006) and McRae et al. (2008).

License: CC 0
Technical Status: Finish and with constant technical support
Recommendation for its use: Circuitscape borrows algorithms from electronic circuit theory to predict connectivity in heterogeneous landscapes. Omniscape offers a “coreless” approach by applying Circuitscape iteratively in a moving window to predict omni-directional connectivity. Linkage Mapper uses least-cost corridor analysis, circuit theory, and barrier analysis to map corridors, detect pinch-points and restoration opportunities within them, and identify important core areas and corridors. Gnarly Landscape Utilities automates the creation of core area maps and resistance layers needed for connectivity modeling.
URL(s): https://circuitscape.org/

Login to add a review for the tool CircuitScape

Related Tools

TOOLS YOU MAY ALSO LIKE