Full Description
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.
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.- References.
