[IUFRO WP 8.01.02] Invitation SI "Green and Blue Nexus", Ecological Processes; invitation software analysis

Dear members, with apologies for cross-posting, please see below the invitations of Christine Fürst for a Special Issue of Ecological Processes and for a survey on Circuitscape . Happy Easter! João Dear all, please feel warmly invited to join the SI "Green and Blue Nexus", Ecological Processes with Dead-Line September, 30, 2018 (more information: https://ecologicalprocesses.springeropen.com/green-blue-nexus). Please take also note on the below invitation to test and comment the software Circuitscape. Kind greetings Yours Christine ****** Hello Landscape Ecologists! Please consider the following message and survey request from colleague Kim Hall: Circuitscape (http://www.circuitscape.org/) is a widely-used open source software program that borrows ideas from circuit theory to assess landscape connectivity. While the range of applications for Circuitscape has continued to grow since it was first developed by Brad McRae and Viral Shah over a decade ago, computational limitations hinder its ability to solve large problems. Before Brad McRae passed away from cancer in July 2017, he received funding from NASA’s Earth Science Applications: Ecological Forecasting program to lead a team with Viral, now at Julia Computing, to overhaul the software and add functionality. Viral and several of Brad’s colleagues at The Nature Conservancy (TNC), with help from many of Brad’s friends and collaborators, are continuing this important work, and we need your help! If you are a Circuitscape user, or would like to be, please follow this survey link to learn more about this project, and provide your input -- https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CircuitscapeUsers Thank you! Kim Hall, The Nature Conservancy. kimberly.hall(a)tnc.org Randy Swaty Ecologist The Nature Conservancy’s LANDFIRE Team 906-250-9854 -- Prof. Dr. habil. Christine Fürst Institute for Geosciences and Geography (Executive Director) Dept. Sustainable Landscape Development Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Von-Seckendorff-Platz 4 06120 Halle, Germany Tel.: +49 345 55 26017 ------------------------------------------------------------ President International Association for Landscape Ecology www.landscape-ecology.org João Azevedo, Prof. Coordenador Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO) & Escola Superior Agrária Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Campus de Santa Apolónia 5300-253 BRAGANÇA PORTUGAL telefone: (+351) 273 330 901 / 273 303 341 fax: (+351) 273 325 405 e-mail: jazevedo(a)ipb.pt web: http://www.esa.ipb.pt/cv/jazevedo/