This website is no longer updated since 2008. The new Conefor Sensinode website is http://www.conefor.org
CONEFOR SENSINODE 2.2: Software for quantifying the importance of habitat patches for landscape connectivity through graphs and habitat availability indices
Conefor Sensinode 2.2 (CS22) is a new software that allows quantifying the importance of habitat areas for the maintenance or improvement of landscape connectivity. It is conceived as a tool for decision-making support in landscape planning and habitat conservation, through the identification and prioritization of critical sites for ecological connectivity.
CS22 includes new connectivity indices (integral index of connectivity, probability of connectivity) that have been shown to present an improved performance compared to other existing indices and to be particularly suited for landscape conservation planning applications (Saura & Pascual-Hortal 2007, Pascual-Hortal & Saura 2006). These indices are based on graph structures and on the habitat availability concept, which consists in considering a patch itself as a space where connectivity occurs, integrating habitat patch area (or other patch attributes like habitat quality) and connections between different patches in a single measure.
CS22 has been developed by J. Torné and S. Saura at the University of Lleida (Spain) in 2007 and has been funded by the Conefor project (REN2003-01628), directed by S. Saura.
CS22 is simple to use and runs in any standard computer with a Windows operative system. CS22 is distributed free of charge for non-commercial use, with the only condition of citing the software and the two most-related references (Saura & Pascual-Hortal 2007, Pascual-Hortal & Saura 2006) in any document, publication or application where it is used.
DOWNLOAD CONEFOR SENSINODE 2.2: Auto-installation file (9 MB) containing the software, user's manual, related papers, GIS extensions, etc. The download from this website is no longer possible. Please visit the new Conefor Sensinode website at: http://www.conefor.org
NEW! (February 2008): "Conefor Inputs" extension for ArcGis 9.x that directly generates from a layer the input files as required by CS22 (this extension is already included with the updated auto-installation file that can be downloaded above).
Read more about Conefor Sensinode 2.2:
(note that these documents are already included with the software download)
- Conefor Sensinode 2.2 User's Manual. (DOWNLOAD PDF)
- Saura, S. & L. Pascual-Hortal. 2007. A new habitat availability index to integrate connectivity in landscape conservation planning: comparison with existing indices and application to a case study. Landscape and Urban Planning 83 (2-3): 91-103. (DOWNLOAD PDF)
- Pascual-Hortal, L. & S. Saura. 2006. Comparison and development of new graph-based landscape connectivity indices: towards the priorization of habitat patches and corridors for conservation. Landscape Ecology 21 (7): 959-967. (DOWNLOAD PDF)