Assessing the effect of landscape change on fauna by agent-based model simulation
Résumé
Analysing landscape changes and their effects requires retrospective studies that have been carried out in the past but cannot be repeated in the future. Planning authorities need to be able to assess the impact of their decisions on the current landscape. In France, the political measure called Trame verte et bleue incites the authorities to take into account the effects of planning on biodiversity. Landscape ecology and modelling contribute to these objectives. We have tested a simulation method for fauna movements at a local spatial scale.