Data from: Using the Spatial Population Abundance Dynamics Engine for conservation management ...

• Main Authors: Beeton, Nicholas J., McMahon, Clive R., Williamson, Grant, Potts, Joanne, Bloomer, Jonathan, Bester, Marthán N., Forbes, Lawrence K., Johnson, Christopher N., Williamson, Grant J., Johnson, Chris N., Forbes, Larry K.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2016
• Subjects: invasives; prioritisation; Population ecology; Holocene; Felis catus; McMahon; Marion Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q202d; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.q202d

1. An explicit spatial understanding of population dynamics is often critical for effective management of wild populations. Sophisticated approaches are available to simulate these dynamics, but are largely either spatially homogeneous or agent-based, and thus best suited to small spatial or temporal scales. These approaches also often ignore financial decisions crucial to choosing management approaches on the basis of cost-effectiveness. 2. We created a user-friendly and flexible modelling framework for simulating these population issues at large spatial scales – the Spatial Population Abundance Dynamics Engine (SPADE). SPADE is based on the STAR model (McMahon et al. 2010) and uses a reaction-diffusion approach to model population trajectories and a cost-benefit analysis technique to calculate optimal management strategies over long periods and across broad spatial scales. It expands on STAR by incorporating species interactions and multiple concurrent management strategies, and by allowing full user ... : Marion Island case studyData files from the Marion Island feral cat eradication covering hunting, killing, sighting and trapping events. Includes files used in order to prepare this dataset for analysis in SPADE.case study.zip ...