This is my first post on this new blogging site, so hello!
To introduce myself, my name is Angela Watkins. I am currently in the second year of a four-year PhD programme with the University of Southampton within the Institute of Complex Systems Simulation. I sit jointly within the School of Biological Sciences and the School of Electronics and Computer Science.
My research aims to look at the effect of habitat fragmentation and corridor design on the permeability of habitat for jaguars within the Central Belize Corridor. This research links into ongoing work assessing the functionality of the corridor area for a range of local wildlife, see Belize Wildlife Research, as part of the Jaguar Corridor Initiative.
I have done some preliminary work on designing and building agent-based simulations of jaguar movements in some simple and abstract landscapes, with some promising results. My next step is to integrate these simulations with some real GIS (Geographic Information System) data in order to validate and tune jaguar movements to existing data obtained from camera-trap studies.
This blog will aim to chart my progress and hopefully provide some useful information to others working in the same field.
Feel free to contact me with any questions or suggestions.
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