were already convinced, but a recent article reinforces the idea that we are heading in the right direction with SimOïko, our biodiversity simulation software.
Published by North American researchers, the article (*) provides an overview of the progress and scientific challenges in ecological connectivity modeling.
It focuses in particular on the issue of biological realism and how to model species movement.
You know what? These are exactly the topics at the heart of SimOïko’s functionality.
This is the key finding of a scientific study in which our colleague Marie Soret participated, and whose results have just been published in the journal PLOS One (*).
Have you heard of African swine fever? It is considered one of the most devastating diseases for domestic pig and wild boar populations.
Since 2022, the virus has been spreading in northern Italy, particularly among wild boar populations, posing a serious threat to pig farms.
TerrOïko's study department carries out a wide range of assignments (17 Green and Blue networks , 23 Black Networks, 5 Transport Infrastructures, and 5 Renewable Energy Projects) in collaboration with numerous stakeholders in the field: DarkSkyLab, auddicé, Element5, Egis, setec, EkoAm Environnement, ECO-MED, La TeleScop, Artelia, Biotope, CETIAC, CERESCO, Lumin(escence), OXAO - Ecosystem Regenerators, ON, the Light Design Agency.
On Wednesday, December 18, our colleague Marie Soret will defend her doctoral thesis at the Maison de la Télédétection in Montpellier.
Her subject?
"Improving the consideration of species, their ecological needs, and the local landscape context in connectivity models for territorial planning."
This is a recurring question when discussing ecological modeling: Can we trust digital tools to realistically represent the processes at work in nature?
In other words, are these methods (and the results they produce) reliable enough to inform decisions that support biodiversity?
To help answer this, we recommend reading a recently published article by a team of North American researchers in the journal Ecology and Evolution (link at the end of this post).