CATS: A high‐performance software framework for simulating plant migration in changing environments
Abstract Considering local population dynamics and dispersal is crucial to project species' range adaptations in changing environments. Dynamic models including these processes are highly computer intensive, with consequent restrictions on spatial extent and/or resolution. We present CATS, an o...
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| author | Andreas Gattringer Johannes Wessely Karl Hülber Dietmar Moser Stefan Dullinger |
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| description | Abstract Considering local population dynamics and dispersal is crucial to project species' range adaptations in changing environments. Dynamic models including these processes are highly computer intensive, with consequent restrictions on spatial extent and/or resolution. We present CATS, an open‐source, extensible modelling framework for simulating spatially and temporarily explicit population dynamics of plants. It can be used in conjunction with species distribution models, or via direct parametrisation of vital rates and allows for fine‐grained control over the demographic and dispersal processes' models. The performance and flexibility of CATS is exemplified (i) by modelling the range shift of four plant species under three future climate scenarios across Europe at a spatial resolution of 100 m., and (ii) by exploring consequences of demographic compensation for range expansion on artificial landscapes. The presented software attempts to leverage the availability of computational resources and lower the barrier of entry for large‐extent, fine‐resolution simulations of plant range shifts in changing environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16b0696edc2b4f249e495e62f085e08a2023-09-06T04:43:40ZengWileyMethods in Ecology and Evolution2041-210X2023-09-011492226223210.1111/2041-210X.14180CATS: A high‐performance software framework for simulating plant migration in changing environmentsAndreas Gattringer0Johannes Wessely1Karl Hülber2Dietmar Moser3Stefan Dullinger4Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research University of Vienna Vienna AustriaDepartment of Botany and Biodiversity Research University of Vienna Vienna AustriaDepartment of Botany and Biodiversity Research University of Vienna Vienna AustriaDepartment of Botany and Biodiversity Research University of Vienna Vienna AustriaDepartment of Botany and Biodiversity Research University of Vienna Vienna AustriaAbstract Considering local population dynamics and dispersal is crucial to project species' range adaptations in changing environments. Dynamic models including these processes are highly computer intensive, with consequent restrictions on spatial extent and/or resolution. We present CATS, an open‐source, extensible modelling framework for simulating spatially and temporarily explicit population dynamics of plants. It can be used in conjunction with species distribution models, or via direct parametrisation of vital rates and allows for fine‐grained control over the demographic and dispersal processes' models. The performance and flexibility of CATS is exemplified (i) by modelling the range shift of four plant species under three future climate scenarios across Europe at a spatial resolution of 100 m., and (ii) by exploring consequences of demographic compensation for range expansion on artificial landscapes. The presented software attempts to leverage the availability of computational resources and lower the barrier of entry for large‐extent, fine‐resolution simulations of plant range shifts in changing environments.https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14180environmental changehigh‐performance modellingspatiotemporal plant population dynamicsspecies ranges |
| spellingShingle | Andreas Gattringer Johannes Wessely Karl Hülber Dietmar Moser Stefan Dullinger CATS: A high‐performance software framework for simulating plant migration in changing environments Methods in Ecology and Evolution environmental change high‐performance modelling spatiotemporal plant population dynamics species ranges |
| title | CATS: A high‐performance software framework for simulating plant migration in changing environments |
| title_full | CATS: A high‐performance software framework for simulating plant migration in changing environments |
| title_fullStr | CATS: A high‐performance software framework for simulating plant migration in changing environments |
| title_full_unstemmed | CATS: A high‐performance software framework for simulating plant migration in changing environments |
| title_short | CATS: A high‐performance software framework for simulating plant migration in changing environments |
| title_sort | cats a high performance software framework for simulating plant migration in changing environments |
| topic | environmental change high‐performance modelling spatiotemporal plant population dynamics species ranges |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14180 |
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