Metapopulation Viability Analysis

Methodology for Habitat-based Metapopulation Viability Analysis

H. Resit Akçakaya

funded by National Science Foundation (SBIR)

        The goal of this project was to develop a methodology for habitat-based metapopulation viability analysis. The methods developed in this projects were later implemented as the RAMAS GIS software. The methods were applied to analyze the metapopulation dynamics of, and management alternatives for, an endangered bird species in Victoria, Australia. This application resulted in the following publication:

Akçakaya, H.R., M.A. McCarthy and J. Pearce. 1995. Linking landscape data with population viability analysis: management options for the helmeted honeyeater. Biological Conservation 73:169-176.

Also see: List of AB Publications

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