Web Directory

» ADE-4
   Exploratory and Euclidean methods in Environmental sciences.
   http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/ADE-4/

» Across Trophic Level System Simulation
   A simulation system for the Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp (USA).
   http://atlss.org/

» Biota
   Microbial Ecology Resources' software; this particular item will run simulations of multiple species in a specific environment. Most variables can be manipulated.
   http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/resources/rs_4.html

» Biovol
   Program for calculating the volumes, surface areas, and surface to volume ratios of diatoms.
   http://www.msu.edu/~kirschte/biovol

» Blossom Statistical Software
   Interactive program for making statistical comparisons with distance-function based permutation tests and for testing parameters estimated in linear models with permutation procedures.
   http://www.fort.usgs.gov/Products/Software/blossom/

» Computer Software for Teaching Ecology
   Free educational software for college-level ecology courses plus links to many additional software sites.
   http://nsm1.nsm.iup.edu/rgendron/software.shtml

» CyberTracker
   Free software for data collection and analysis in ecological and environmental field work.
   http://www.cybertracker.org/

» Didg Information Systems
   Mobile, desktop and internet information systems for recording, identifying and brokering plant and animal observations.
   http://didg.com

» ECOSIM : Ecosystem Simulation
   Information and links concerning ecological modeling and application of simulation to ecology.
   http://www.isima.fr/ecosim/

» Ecological Software Solutions
   Software for biology, ecology, geography, wildlife fisheries and the environmental sciences.
   http://www.ecostats.com

» Ecomaster and Cascoly Critters
   Software: Ecology and biology simulations for all ages
   http://cascoly.com/science.htm

» Environmental Design Making
   Microbial Ecology Resources' software designed for students. Allows students to create ecosystems to gain understandings of ecosystem functionality and productivity.
   http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/resources/rs_5.html

» Fossil Creek Software
   Describes and offers POP-II and POP-III population dynamics software, which is used by government and university wildlife biologists to simulate the dynamics of deer, elk, moose and other large animal populations.
   http://p2.fossilcreeksoft.com/

» GRASP - Generalized Regression Analysis and Spatial Prediction
   Downloadable S-Plus plugin to automate spatial predictions using regression analysis.
   http://www.unine.ch/CSCF/grasp/

» Gecko
   Yale software; downloadable demo available for this software. Designed to teach ecosystem dynamics to advanced ecology students.
   http://www.cbc.yale.edu/old/cce/gecko.html

» Habitat Evaluation Procedures
   HEP enables land use managers to quantify the effects of alternative management plans over time, and provide for mitigation and compensation that can allow fair use of the land and maintain healthy habitats for affected species.
   http://www.fort.usgs.gov/Products/Software/HEP/

» KiteGraph
   KiteGraph illustrates growth patterns of animal populations in kite diagrams.
   http://home.swipnet.se/kitegraph/

» KrebsWin
   Programs from Ecological Methodology by Charles J. Krebs, compiled to run under Windows 3.x and Windows 9x.
   http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/jbrzusto/krebswin.html

» LemnaTec Image Processing
   Bio-testing for potentially hazardous substances using image processing of cultured Lemna.
   http://www.lemnatec.de

» MAGIS: Landscape Planning Software
   Application developed by the US Forest Service to support vegetation management planning. The MAGIS system allows users to analyze competing management issues such as fire hazard reduction, ecological restoration, wildlife habitat and economics.
   http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/econ/magis/

» MjM Software Design
   PC-ORD software for multivariate statistical analysis of ecological communities, including cluster analysis, ordination, and species diversity.
   http://home.centurytel.net/~mjm/

» Moist-Soil Management Advisor
   MSMA assists wetland managers in the development of annual management plans for a moist-soil complex composed of several individual units.
   http://www.fort.usgs.gov/Products/Software/MSMA/

» MultiTrace
   Jensen Software Systems offer software programs to analyze telemetry data including dive analysis, temperature analysis, deadreckoning, geolocation and pH analysis.
   http://www.jensen-software.com/

» National Hydrologic Assessment Tool
   NATHAT allows use of daily and peak streamflow data to establish a hydrologic baseline, environmental flow standards and evaluate past and proposed hydrologic modifications.
   http://www.fort.usgs.gov/Products/Software/NATHAT/

» Oakleaf Systems
   Simulations of data based upon relationships presented in the journal Ecology, with 25 different simulations for each journal volume.
   http://www.oakleafsystems.net/

» PHABSIM
   Set of programs to predict the micro-habitat conditions in rivers as a function of streamflow, and the relative suitability of those conditions to aquatic life.
   http://www.fort.usgs.gov/Products/Software/PHABSIM/

» Patuxent Software Archive
   Site contains software for ecological management, including tagging game and ecosystem analysis.
   http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/software.html

» Pisces Conservation Ltd
   Information about ecological software and consultancy services.
   http://www.pisces-conservation.com/

» Pollen-based Climate Reconstruction
   Windows software that provides quantitative climate reconstruction from pollen spectral datasets.
   http://dendro.naruto-u.ac.jp/~nakagawa/

» Population Ecology
   Online quantitative population ecology lectures and population model and data information.
   http://www.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/

» Populus - Simulations of Population Biology
   Software containing set of simulations used to teach population biology and evolutionary ecology at the University of Minnesota. Freely downloadable for educational use.
   http://www.cbs.umn.edu/populus

» Program Distance
   Distance is a software program designed for the analysis of distance sampling data, to estimate density and abundance of a population.
   http://www.ruwpa.st-and.ac.uk/distance/

» RAMAS Ecological and Environmental Software
   Offers software for ecology, conservation biology, wildlife management, and human health risk analysis. Data analysis for endangered and threatened species, models of extinction risk assessment linked to geographic information systems.
   http://www.ramas.com

» SALMOD
   Provides a computer model that computer model that simulates the dynamics of freshwater salmonid populations, both anadromous and resident.
   http://www.fort.usgs.gov/Products/Software/SALMOD/

» Simfor
   A decision support tool designed to help managers and researchers evaluate the impacts of forest harvesting scenarios against landscape and habitat indicators.
   http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/simfor/

» Swarm
   The Swarm Simulation System, created by The Sante Fe Institute, can be used both as a simulation tool for artificial life and ecological models and ecosystems.
   http://www.swarm.org/index.php/Swarm_main_page

» The Hydroecological Integrity Assessment Process
   USGS scientists have developed HIP and a suite of software tools for conducting a hydrologic classification of streams, addressing instream flow needs, and assessing past and proposed hydrologic alterations on streamflow and other ecosystem components.
   http://www.fort.usgs.gov/Resources/Research_Briefs/HIP.asp

» WWW-Server for Ecological Modelling
   Information about ecological modelling (simulation models, descriptions of these models, simulation-software, data sources and other information about modelling). Many ecological models available for downloading; researchers are invited to upload their mo
   http://dino.wiz.uni-kassel.de/ecobas.html

» Wa-Tor for Windows
   Site offers a population ecology simulation game pitting sharks against fish. The populations may fluctuate or may go extinct, depending on the initial parameters and subsequent random events.
   http://www.kovcomp.co.uk/wator/

» Wildlife Counts
   Software to help estimate populations of birds and fish in an ecosystem.
   http://www.wildlifecounts.com/

» Wildlife Ecology Software
   A clearing-house for wildlife ecology related software, for applications such as habitat analysis, diversity indices, simulations, general population dynamics, capture/recapture, survival, energetics, statistics, home range, and telemetry.
   http://nhsbig.inhs.uiuc.edu/

» WorldMap
   Software for exploring geographical patterns in diversity, rarity and conservation priorities from large biological datasets.
   http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/worldmap/worldmap/demo2.htm