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US-IALE Related Links

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.

IALE Links

Software

  • APACK
    Landscape analysis software designed to handle large data sets efficiently. Provides some of the same functionality as FRAGSTATS.
  • Bob Gardner's Simulation Models
  • Colorado State University Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife Software
  • Conservation and Assessment Prioritization System (CAPS)
    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."
  • Ecology and Evolution Software
  • EMBYR
    Forest fire simulator
  • ENVI
  • ERDAS Imagine
    Widely used software for processing, classifying, and modeling of remotely sensed data.
  • ESRI GIS Products
    Makers of the GIS applications Arc/Info, ArcView, and ArcGIS (among other things).
  • FRAGSTATS
    Landscape analysis software used for calculating a variety of metrics describing landscape composition and configuration.
  • Global Ecosystems Database (GED)
    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.
  • GRASS GIS
    Open Source GIS software.
  • GS+
    Spatial statistics software.
  • GSTAT
    Open Source software "for geostatistical modelling, prediction and simulation."
  • GUIDOS
    A free software toolbox for spatial pattern analysis, including image viewer and processing routines, as well as a powerful GIS environment.
  • HARVEST
    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.
  • IAN
    Calculates landscape metrics on raster images.
  • IDRISI Andes
    IDRISI Taiga is an integrated GIS and Image Processing software solution providing nearly 300 modules for the analysis and display of digital spatial information.
  • Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
    Dendrochronological software from the University of Arizona.
  • LEAP II
    Landscape analysis software used to "explore, monitor and assess ecological status." Provides some of the same functionality as FRAGSTATS.
  • MapInfo
    Makers of a variety of GIS software applications.
  • METALAND
    Characterizing spatial patterns and statistical context of landscape metrics
  • Patch Analyst
    ArcView Extension used to calculate landscape metrics.
  • PCI Geomatics
  • r.le
    Landscape analysis programs written for GRASS GIS.
  • RockWare
    Makers of many spatial statistics and mapping applications. Focus is primarily on geology.
  • Rocky Mountain Landscape Simulator (RMLANDS)
    Simulator of anthropogenic and natural disturbances in the Rocky Mountains.
  • Spatial Modeling Environment
    Modeling environment designed to facilitate the modeling of complex spatial processes by non-programers.
  • TerraSeer Software
    Spatial data analysis software
  • The Tool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analysis (TELSA)
    A model of landscape-level forest dynamics used for planning purposes.
  • US Forest Service Download Center
    Various programs from the US Forest Service
  • Wavelet Software
    Links to various wavelet software packages

Research Programs

Academic Programs

Jobs and Careers

Organizations

Newsgroups

(The following links access USENET archives through Google Groups.)

Listservs

Listservs are free bulletin boards where people post questions, job listings, etc. They come in the form of emails either separately or grouped on a daily basis. If you decide to subscribe to any of these listservs, leave the subject line blank and put the following in the body of the letter:

subscribe (the name of the list) (your first name) (your last name)

Homepage for available listservs: http://www.liszt.com

The address for the listserv (operations only) is listed under the listserve name.

  • AGRIS-L (FAO libraries, it has great fish information)
    listserv<at>irmfao01
  • AMP (Amphibian listserv)
    listproc<at>rana.im.nbs.gov
  • AQUACULTURE DATABASE
    telnet raven.csru.uidaho.edu
    Type fish at the login prompt.
  • AQUA-L (Aquaculture discussion group)
    listserv<at>upei.ca
  • ARCVIEW (Non-ESRI listserver)
    arcview-subscribe<at>listbot.com
  • AWMS (Australian Wildlife Management Society)
    majordomo<at>deakin.edu.au
  • BBLMTAB (Official business of bird banding lab notices, etc.)
    listproc<at>rana.im.nbs.gov
  • BIBSOFT (listserv for bibliographic software)
    listserv<at>iupui.edu
  • BIRDBAND (Techniques/discussion/exchange of information on bird banding)
    listproc<at>rana.im.nbs.gov
  • CARNIVORE-L (Living and fossil mammalian carnivores)
    listserv<at>freeside.nrm.se
  • CBCN-L (Canadian Botanical conservation network)
    listproc<at>listserv.mcmaster.ca
  • COCE-L (Envirnomental conference, I&E communication type)
    listproc<at>yorku.ca
  • CONSGIS (Conservation and GIS)
    listserv<at>uriacc.uri.edu
  • ECO-COMPASS (Electronic newsletter on environmental problems, via Island Press)
    majordomo<at>igc.apc.org
    subscribe islandpress-1
  • ECOED (Ecological Society of America ecology education)
    http://www.ecoed.net/mailman/listinfo/ecoed
  • ECOLOG (Ecological Society of America)
    listserv<at>umdd.umd.edu
  • EPA (EPA headquarters newsletter)
    listserv<at>yorku.ca
  • FWIM-L (Fish & Wildlife Information Management)
    listserv<at>listserv.vt.edu
  • FWSNEWS (USFWS news releases, bulletins, etc.)
    majordomo<at>www.fws.gov
  • FWS-SHOREBIRDS (Arctic nesting shorebirds)
    majordomo<at>dataadmin.irm.r9.fws.gov
  • ICONS-L (International conservation network system)
    img<at>indata.iucn.org
  • MAMMAL-L (Mammal list)
    listserv<at>sivm.si.edu
  • ORNITH-L (Ornithology)
    listserv<at>uafsysb.uark.edu
  • SALMON LISTSERV (Salmon information)
    maiser<at>riverdale.k12.or.us
  • SEAC + ANIMAL RIGHTS (Animal rights)
    listproc<at>ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu
  • STUMPERS-1 (Just stumped on a question or a location, this group will find an answer)
    stumpers-list<at>crf.cuis.edu
  • TWS-L (The Wildlife Society's listserve)
    listserv<at>listserv.vt.edu
  • TWS-WTWG (Wildlife Society Toxicology group)
    majordomo<at>mail.orst.edu

Ecological Databases

  • Little's Range and FIA Importance Value Distribution Maps
    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.

GIS and Remote Sensing Links

Member Login

Latest News

2011 Annual Symposium

The US-IALE 2011 Portland Symposium, "Sustainability in Dynamic Landscapes" website is now live! We are now accepting proposals for workshops and symposia, through September 30, 2010.

Check the website often for information about the meeting venue, deadlines, abstract submission, field trips, and registration.

Summer 2010 Newsletter Available Online

US-IALE returns to Athens Georgia to celebrate 25 years of service. For celebration details and the annual meeting update, check out the current Newsletter. (Please note membership log-in is required).

If you need need your Membership login information, please contact Rob Scheller at rmschell<at>pdx.edu.

IALE Bulletins

International Association of Landscape Ecology information and bulletins are available through the IALE web site.