These lists of links were compiled through the very helpful contributions
of several US-IALE members including Jeff Hollister of the University of
Rhode Island, Jingle Wu of Arizona State University, Ed Laurent of
Michigan State University, and others.
US-IALE is not responsible for the information provided on these links or
for their functionality, but we do attempt to keep the lists up-to-date
and remove broken links. To make link comments or submissions, please
send an email to: rebecca.kennedy<at>oregonstate.edu. Submissions
may be reviewed by the US-IALE Web Committee prior to posting.
Landscape analysis software designed to handle large data sets efficiently. Provides some of the same functionality as FRAGSTATS.
A decision support system "designed to assess the biodiversity value of every location based on natural community-specific models, and prioritize lands for conservation action based on their assessed biodiversity value."
Forest fire simulator
Widely used software for processing, classifying, and modeling of remotely sensed data.
Makers of the GIS applications Arc/Info, ArcView, and ArcGIS (among other things).
Landscape analysis software used for calculating a variety of metrics describing landscape composition and configuration.
The GED effort aims to meet the need for integration and publication of datasets produced by the research and modeling community regarding the ecological dimensions of global change. The database has proven to have many uses to a range of scientists, educators, and managers; and serves as a general data publishing mechanism for global and regionial scale biosphere themes.
Open Source GIS software.
Spatial statistics software.
Open Source software "for geostatistical modelling, prediction and simulation."
A free software toolbox for spatial pattern analysis, including image viewer and processing routines, as well as a powerful GIS environment.
HARVEST is a timber harvest simulation model constructed to allow the input of specific rules to allocate forest stands for even-age harvest (clearcuts and shelterwood) and group selection. Modeling this process allows experimentation to link variation in management strategies with the resulting pattern of forest openings and the distribution of forest age classes.
Calculates landscape metrics on raster images.
IDRISI Andes is an integrated GIS and Image Processing software solution providing over 200 modules for the analysis and display of digital spatial information.
Dendrochronological software from the University of Arizona.
Landscape analysis software used to "explore, monitor and assess ecological status." Provides some of the same functionality as FRAGSTATS.
Makers of a variety of GIS software applications.
Characterizing spatial patterns and statistical context of landscape metrics
ArcView Extension used to calculate landscape metrics.
Landscape analysis programs written for GRASS GIS.
Simulator of anthropogenic and natural disturbances in the Rocky Mountains.
Makers of many spatial statistics and mapping applications. Focus is primarily on geology.
Spatial data analysis software
Modeling environment designed to facilitate the modeling of complex spatial processes by non-programers.
A model of landscape-level forest dynamics used for planning purposes.
Various programs from the US Forest Service
Links to various wavelet software packages
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Arizona State University
Kansas State University
Duke University
Oregon State University | USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station
USFS North Central Research Station
USFS Southern Research Station
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This site has downloadable images and maps for 135 tree species, which have at least a portion of their range in the eastern United States. You can use the data in a GIS to display both ranges (according to Elbert Little's maps) and importance values by 20 km cell (according to US Forest Service Forest Inventory Analysis data) from their most recent surveys. Through here you can also access a climate change atlas, a database on 3200 species from the Illinois flora, a documentation of biological trends in the US, and information on prescribed fire studies and animations at this site.
A collection of teaching resources has been newly compiled for use by our membership.
The new Sponsorship Committee serves to contact and foster possible sponsors for annual US-IALE conferences.
International Association of Landscape Ecology information and bulletins are available through the IALE web site.
Deadlines for the upcoming 2010 US-IALE Twenty-fifth Anniversary Symposium have been updated. Visit the Athens deadline page for more information.