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CDMetaPOP: An individual-based, eco-evolutionary model for spatially explicit simulation of landscape demogenetics

January 1, 2016

1. Combining landscape demographic and genetics models offers powerful methods for addressing questions for eco-evolutionary applications.

2. Using two illustrative examples, we present Cost–Distance Meta-POPulation, a program to simulate changes in neutral and/or selection-driven genotypes through time as a function of individual-based movement, complex spatial population dynamics, and multiple and changing landscape drivers.

3. Cost–Distance Meta-POPulation provides a novel tool for questions in landscape genetics by incorporating population viability analysis, while linking directly to conservation applications.

Publication Year 2016
Title CDMetaPOP: An individual-based, eco-evolutionary model for spatially explicit simulation of landscape demogenetics
DOI 10.1111/2041-210X.12608
Authors Erin L. Landguth, Andrew Bearlin, Casey Day, Jason B. Dunham
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Index ID 70186879
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center