Omniscape.jl

A package to compute omnidirectional landscape connectivity.

Package repository: https://github.com/Circuitscape/Omniscape.jl

Installation

using Pkg; Pkg.add("Omniscape")

Overview

This package implements the omnidirectional connectivity algorithm developed by McRae et al. (2016). Omniscape.jl is a moving window implementation of Circuitscape.jl (Anantharaman et al. 2020). Circuitscape.jl applies circuit theory to make spatially-explicit predictions of connectivity using concepts developed by McRae (2006) and McRae et al. (2008).

Citing Omniscape.jl

A formal paper detailing Omniscape.jl is forthcoming, but until it is published, please use the something like the following to cite Omniscape.jl if you use it in your work:

Landau, VA 2020. Omniscape.jl: An efficient and scalable implementation of the Omniscape algorithm in the Julia scientific computing language, vX.Y.Z, URL: https://github.com/Circuitscape/Omniscape.jl, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3955123.

Note that the DOI listed here is stale by one version release (docs are written prior to the new DOI being issued). You can go to https://zenodo.org/ and search for Omniscape to ensure you use the correct DOI.

Here's a bibtex entry:

@misc{landau2020omniscape,
    title = {{Omniscape.jl: An efficient and scalable implementation of the Omniscape algorithm in the Julia scientific computing language}},
    author = {Vincent A. Landau},
    year = {2020},
    version = {v0.4.0},
    url = {https://github.com/Circuitscape/Omniscape.jl},
    doi = {10.5281/zenodo.3955123}
}

Please also cite the original work outlining the Omniscape algorithm:

McRae, B. H., K. Popper, A. Jones, M. Schindel, S. Buttrick, K. R. Hall, R. S. Unnasch, and J. Platt. 2016. Conserving Nature’s Stage: Mapping Omnidirectional Connectivity for Resilient Terrestrial Landscapes in the Pacific Northwest. The Nature Conservancy, Portland, Oregon.

References

[1] Anantharaman, R., Hall, K., Shah, V., & Edelman, A. (2020). Circuitscape in Julia: Circuitscape in Julia: High Performance Connectivity Modelling to Support Conservation Decisions. Proceedings of the JuliaCon Conferences. DOI: 10.21105/jcon.00058.

[2] McRae, B. H. (2006). Isolation by resistance. Evolution, 60(8), 1551-1561.

[3] McRae, B. H., Dickson, B. G., Keitt, T. H., & Shah, V. B. (2008). Using circuit theory to model connectivity in ecology, evolution, and conservation. Ecology, 89(10), 2712-2724.

[4] McRae, B. H., Popper, K., Jones, A., Schindel, M., Buttrick, S., Hall, K., Unnasch, B. & Platt, J. (2016). Conserving nature’s stage: mapping omnidirectional connectivity for resilient terrestrial landscapes in the Pacific Northwest. The Nature Conservancy, Portland, Oregon.