Section: 3. CIMPAL grid size | Biotope - Cumulative IMPacts of invasive ALien species (CIMPAL) version | LifeWatch ERIC Training Platform

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  • Biotope - Cumulative IMPacts of invasive ALien species (CIMPAL) version

    What this tutorial is about
    This tutorial will guide you during the use of the CIMPAL (Cumulative IMPacts of invasive ALien species) version of the Biotope vulnerability Workflow, which assesses the habitat vulnerability to the introduction and establishment of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) and the cumulative effects of their negative impacts. The tutorial will clarify how to prepare the input data, as well as the step-by-step use of the workflow.

    About the workflow
    You can access the workflow through My Lifewatch Platform at  https://my.lifewatch.eu under LifeWatch ERIC Products/ LifeWatch VREs/ Biotope/  Run a new workflow/ CIMPAL.
    For further information regarding the overall initiative that leaded to the design of the validation cases and the development of the workflows, please consult  the LifeWatch Internal Joint Initiative dedicated platform: https://www.lifewatch.eu/internal-joint-initiative/workflows/.

    Get in touch with the scientific team

    Heliana TeixeiraHeliana Teixeira, CESAM Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Biology Department, University of Aveiro


    Julien RadouxJulien Radoux, UCLouvain 


1.-2. Workflow overview and description
4. Occurrences and taxa

3. CIMPAL grid size

  • 3. CIMPAL grid size

    In this step, you will define the operational spatial resolution, in meters. The platform suggests a resolution of 25m, however you should manually set up the resolution and be able to move to the next step.

    ATTENTION: Higher resolutions will imply longer running periods. Be prepared to assume a trade-off between resolution and running periods. If not indicated, the default Grid size value is set to 25 m.

    cimpal grid size

    Fig. 5. Grid size

1.-2. Workflow overview and description
4. Occurrences and taxa