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Decision-support tools translating postdoctoral research into accessible, interactive platforms for conservation managers, wildlife ecologists, and game planners.

IIASA Postdoctoral Research

Scandinavian Species Distribution Models

Interactive habitat density heatmaps for moose (Alces alces), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), and grey wolf (Canis lupus) under CMIP6 climate scenarios across Scandinavia — for conservation planners and game managers.

3 species CMIP6 SSP1–5 2025–2100 Boreal Forest Machine-learning SDMs Predator–prey ODEs

Built using hierarchical and stacked species distribution models integrating climate, vegetation, and land-cover predictors, combined with ODE-based wolf–ungulate trophic interaction layers. Designed to be accessible to non-specialist stakeholders without requiring technical expertise.

Open Application
SpeciesMoose · Roe Deer · Wolf
Climate scenariosCMIP6 SSP1, SSP2, SSP3, SSP5
Projection years2025–2100
Spatial extentScandinavia
Modelling approachHierarchical ML SDMs + ODE
Target usersGame managers · Conservationists
GitHub repositoryWolf-model
Moose
Alces alcesWikimedia Commons, Public Domain
Roe deer
Capreolus capreolusWikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA
Grey wolf
Canis lupusWikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA
Species Distribution Models — Scandinavia
Moose · Roe Deer · Grey Wolf — CMIP6 climate projections
Live Application
Interactive Heatmap Application
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IIASA Postdoctoral Research

Forage Energy Meta-Database

A curated, interactive meta-database of plant metabolizable energy content, digestibility, and Jacobs' D foraging preference indices for boreal ungulates — enabling quantitative habitat management and population energy-budget parameterisation.

72 records 3 species 4 seasons ME (MJ/kg DM) Jacobs' D index Open contribution

The application synthesises Menke energy coefficients with Jacobs' D preference indices to compute preference-weighted metabolizable energy (ep) for each plant species. Use the Database tab to browse and filter records, the Calculator to compute energy budgets, and the Contribute tab to submit new data.

View Source on GitHub
Records72 plant–species–season entries
SpeciesMoose · Roe Deer · Red Deer
SeasonsSpring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Key variablesME, Jacobs D, e_p, Confidence
Application tabsDatabase · Calculator · Contribute · About
Use caseWildlife management · Population modelling
GitHub repositoryForage-energy-content-meta-database
Moose
Alces alcesWikimedia Commons, Public Domain
Roe deer
Capreolus capreolusWikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA
Red deer
Cervus elaphusLuc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0
Forage Energy Database
Animal Forage Metabolizable Energy & Preference Index · 72 records · 3 species
Interactive · Open Access
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