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Kedron, P., & Holler, J. (2023). Template for Reproducible and Replicable Research in Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/W29MQ

Makuyuni Wildlife Corridor: Analysis of the Effects of Socioecological Interactions and Changing Land Use on Movement Patterns of Large Mammal Species

Contributors

• Emmanuel H. Lyimo¹*, lyimo.emanuel@gmail.com, ORCID link
• Gabriel M. Mayengo¹, mayengogabriel@gmail.com
• David J. Castico², davidcastico@gmail.com
• Damian Nguma³, damiannguma@gmail.com
• Kwaslema M. Hariohay¹, kwaslema2000@gmail.com
• Alex W. Kisingo¹, alexkisingo@gmail.com
• Justin Lucas⁴
• Niwaeli Kimambo⁴
• Joseph Holler⁴
• Alana Lutz⁴
• Andy Atallah⁴

¹ College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka. P.O Box 3031, Moshi, Tanzania

²Tanzania People and Wildlife, P.O Box 11306, Arusha, Tanzania

³ Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, P.O Box 661, Arusha, Tanzania

⁴ Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont 05753, USA

* Corresponding author and creator

Abstract

This study is a reproduction of unpublished research by Lyimo et al (2023), titled: Makuyuni Wildlife Corridor: Analysis of the Effects of Socioecological Interactions and Changing Land Use on Movement Patterns of Large Mammal Species. The original study evaluated the connectivity of Makuyuni Wildlife Corridor, a stretch of unprotected land between Tarangire National Park and Essmingor National Forest Reserve in Tanzania. We reproduce the first part of the study, a multifactor analysis model that approximates a movement cost surface for the corridor. The study was originally conducted using the QGIS Model Builder, and we reproduce the workflow in R. The goal of the study is to reproduce the authors' map displaying the minimum cost of movement through each point in the study area, compare the reproduced map to the original map, and evaluate why the reproduction differs from the original. Our reproduction is relatively successful, with some minor discrepancies attributed to differences in computational environment.

Study Metadata

• Key words: multifactor analysis, least cost pathway, wildlife corridor, movement cost, Makayuni, Tarangire, Essmingor, Tanzania
• Subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences: Geography: Nature and Society Relations
• Date created: 11-30-2023
• Date modified: 11-30-2023
• Spatial Coverage: Makayuni Wildlife Corridor, Tanzania
• Spatial Resolution: 10m
• Spatial Reference System: EPSG 32736
• Temporal Coverage: 2023
• Temporal Resolution: N/A

Metadata for access

• Rights: LICENSE: BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised"
• Resource type: Collection
• Resource language: English
• Conforms to: Template for Reproducible and Replicable Research in Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences version 1.0, DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/W29MQ

Compendium structure and contents

This research compendium is structured with four main directories:

• data: contains subdirectories for raw data and derived data.
• docs: contains subdirectories for manuscript, presentation, and report
• procedure: contains subdirectories for code or software scripts, information about the computational environment in which the research was conducted, and non-code research protocols
• results: contains subdirectories for figures, formatted data tables, or other formats of research results.

The data, procedures, and results of this repository are outlined in three tables:

• Data: data/data_index.csv
• Procedures: procedure/procedure_index.csv
• Results: results/results_index.csv

Important local documents include:

• Pre-analysis plan: docs/report/analysis_plan.md
• Study report: docs/index.html

Compendium reference

The template_readme.md file contains more information on the design of this template and references used in the design. The Template_LICENSE file provides the BSD 3-Clause license for using this template. To cite the template, please use template_reference.bib or:

Kedron, P., & Holler, J. (2023). Template for Reproducible and Replicable Research in Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/W29MQ