Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) - Florida Panthers

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Summary

The Deer/Panther model was designed to be used as a management and evaluation tool to analyze the relative effects of alternative water management scenarios on long-term population dynamics of the Florida panthers and their primary prey species, white-tailed deer.

ATLSS : Alligators | Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows | Crayfish | Deer | Fish | Florida Panthers | Hydrology | Snail Kite | Landscape/Vegetation | Wading Birds

The Deer/Panther model was designed to be used as a management and evaluation tool to analyze the relative effects of alternative water management scenarios on long-term population dynamics of the Florida panthers and their primary prey species, white-tailed deer. Originally conceived as one component of a group of interconnected ATLSS models and driven by an improved and expanded SFWMD Hydrology Model, the model's projected functionality has been somewhat compromised by the necessary modifications of original plans. These modifications resulted in an indefinite delay in the planned provision of expanded hydrology inputs from the District and postponement of development of a vegetation succession model.

A management decision made as part of ongoing panther recovery efforts has also impacted model development. Eight females of the closely related Texas subspecies (Puma concolor stanleyana) were introduced into South Florida population (Puma concolor coryi) in 1995 to enhance genetic variability of the inbred Florida panthers. The habitat use patterns, interactions and significant reproductive contributions of these panthers and their offspring, now estimated to make up about half of the entire South Florida panther population, has necessitated reevaluation and reformulation of panther behavior rules for the model.

Note: PowerPoint® files (below) are available from the ATLSS website. If you have problems downloading these files, please e-mail Louis J. Gross at gross@tiem.utk.edu.

Publications

Abstracts

• ATLSS PanTrack Telemetry Visualization Tool (from the GEER Conference, April 2003)
• Computer-Based Tools for Managing and Modeling the Florida Panther Population Over the Landscape of South Florida (from the South Florida Restoration Science Forum, May 1999)
• Development of Selected Model Components of an Across-Trophic-Level Systems Simulation for the Wetlands of South Florida: Florida Panther
• SIMPDEL: A Spatially Explicit Individual-based Simulation Model for Florida Panther and White-tailed Deer in the Everglades and Big Cypress Landscapes (from the Walt Dineen Society Conference, May 1997)

Posters

• A Simulation model for Florida Panthers and white-tailed deer in the Everglades and Big Cypress Landscape (PowerPoint® file. Poster presented at the GEER Conference, December 2000)
• ATLSS Panther Tracking Visualization Software - Additional uses for the ATLSS Tracking Tool (PowerPoint® file. Poster from the South Florida Restoration Science Forum, May 1999)
• ATLSS Panther Tracking Visualization Software - Collection and Display of Florida Panther Telemetry Data (PowerPoint® file. Poster from the South Florida Restoration Science Forum, May 1999)
• ATLSS Panther Tracking Visualization Software - Using a Computer Tool to Analyze Panther Telemetry Data (1) (PowerPoint® file. Poster from the South Florida Restoration Science Forum, May 1999)
• ATLSS Panther Tracking Visualization Software - Using a Computer Tool to Analyze Panther Telemetry Data (2) (PowerPoint® file. Poster from the South Florida Restoration Science Forum, May 1999)

Presentations

• The ATLSS PanTrack Telemetry Visualization Tool (PowerPoint® file. Presentation from the Ecological Processes and Modeling Information Workshop, May 9-10, 2002)

Related Links

• Deer/Panther Model: A Simulation Model for Florida Panthers and White-tailed Deer in the Everglades and Big Cypress Landscapes (Model Description)
• Spatial-explicit Individual-based simulation Model of Florida Panther and white-tailed Deer in the Everglades and Big Cypress Landscape (SIMPDEL Homepage)
• ATLSS PanTrack Telemetry Visualization Tool v.1.0.1 (Software Information)