MulTyLink is an open source application designed to identify connectivity linkages for distinct types of habitats, under a cost-efficient protocol. Since areas that can be used as linkages for one type of habitats may be barriers for other types, MulTyLink implements methods to optimize the selection of linkages free of barriers for every type of habitat. MulTyLink was conceived as a decision-support tool to be used in spatial conservation planning. The software provides users the flexibility to assign costs, friction values and habitat-specific barriers as input data. Based on these scores MulTyLink retrieves a network of linkages which may be visualized as a whole solution or independently for each habitat type.
MulTyLink available in: http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~rbras/MulTyLink/
