Tool Name * |
RAMAS GIS |
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Category * |
Decision support |
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What step(s) in framework * |
2a. Ecosystem Components |
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Description * |
RAMAS GIS is designed to link your GIS with a metapopulation model for population viability analysis and extinction risk assessment. Habitats used by most species are becoming increasingly fragmented, requiring a metapopulation modeling approach to risk analysis. Recognizing habitat patchiness from an endangered species' point of view requires spatial information on habitat suitability. RAMAS GIS meets both these requirements by linking metapopulation modeling with landscape data and GIS technology. It is a comprehensive extinction risk assessment system that operates in five steps: 1: Spatial data |
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Inputs |
GIS data |
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Data Quality Required |
Good |
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Modification Required |
Your GIS data layers must have the following: You can export maps from ArcView into RAMAS GIS via IDRISI or Spatial Analyst. |
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Expertise Required |
Knowledge of GIS |
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Outputs |
Spatial data (maps) |
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Spatial and Temporal Scales |
Not available |
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Licence Cost Issues |
Yes: posted on the website at http://www.ramas.com/prices.htm |
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Literature: References & Manuals * |
Documentation and examples. See some examples at: http://www.ramas.com/gis-faq.htm#applic |
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