> DYPAL

Thème : Patchy Landscape Modelling Platform (Modélisation de paysages catégoriels – vectoriels)

Licence : Logiciel libre (freeware)

Système d’exploitation : Windows, Macintosh, Linux…

Abstract

Welcome to the official Webpage of the DYPAL (DYnamic PAtchy Landscape) modelling platform.

DYPAL has been developed at INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) in the AMAP laboratory (botAnique et bioinforMatique de l’Architecture des Plantes, France) since 2005, then in the ecology department at IFP (Institut Français de Pondichéry, India) since 2010.

DYPAL is a convenient tool dedicated to ecologists (researchers), to landscape managers and for education purposes. On the one hand, DYPAL is able to simulate observed dynamics to verify that these dynamics have been correctly understood or to infer the most probable drivers of it. On the other hand, DYPAL provides a computer-aided projection of strategies in landscape ecology and environmental sciences.

Description

STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION…

Software Scope

Welcome to this Webpage of the DYPAL (DYnamic PAtchy Landscape) modelling platform. Please, go to the help of DYPAL to discover the way to use the DYPAL software, along to some features of this tool. DYPAL has been developed at INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) in the AMAP laboratory (botAnique et bioinforMatique de l’Architecture des Plantes, France) since 2005, then in the ecology department at IFP (Institut Français de Pondichéry, India) since 2010.

DYPAL is a convenient tool dedicated to ecologists (researchers), to landscape managers and for education purposes. On the one hand, DYPAL is able to simulate observed dynamics to verify that these dynamics have been correctly understood or to infer the most probable drivers of it. On the other hand, DYPAL provides a computer-aided projection of strategies in landscape ecology and environmental sciences.

Illustration of landscape modelling: The Pleine-Fougères landscape under the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) evolution since 1980 (made with the prototype L1 software, see publications page).

Download

Here, you may find DYPAL files.

Just click on Setup-Dypal-1.0.0.0.exe file to instal the Windows version of the DYPAL platform. Any enquiry about the software should to be sent to C. Gaucherel.

Short DYPAL bibliography

DYPAL References

  • Gaucherel, C., Boudon, F., Houet, T., Castets, M., Godin, C., Understanding Patchy Landscape Dynamics: Towards a Landscape Language. PLOS One, In press (2012).
  • Gaucherel, C., Griffon, S., Houet, T., Misson, L. Combining process-based models for future biomass assessment at landscape scale. Landscape Ecology, 25 (2): 201-215 (2010).

See also:

http://amap-collaboratif.cirad.fr/pages-chercheurs/?page_id=367

Contact

For any questions or remarks, please contact : Cédric Gaucherel