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GradientLand Software: A landscape change gradient generator

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 25; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.12.001

1878-0512

Elaine Cristina Barbosa Cambuí, Rodrigo Nogueira de Vasconcelos, Danilo Bôscolo, Pedro Luís Bernardo da Rocha, José García Vivas Miranda,

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Abstract In landscape ecology, there is a lack of free software that can simulate sequential processes of habitat loss using neutral landscape models. Such a tool would come to the benefit of our understanding of the effects of landscape changes on ecological processes without the need for finding or manipulating appropriate natural landscapes, something both unfeasible and sometimes unethical. This paper presents a free software, named GradientLand, as a tool for generating simulated sets of habitat loss gradients as random and fractal neutral landscapes. GradientLand is easy to handle, with an intuitive interface to create a wide array of habitat cover gradient arrangements. With this tool, we target students, teachers and researchers interested in landscape ecology and issues related to habitat loss and landscape change.