
Integrated Management and Assessment System Balancing Food Security, Conservation, and Ecosystem Integrity in East Africa TRAINING MANUAL Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program US Agency for International Development This on-line volume is based upon a workbook created for use in workshops held in April 2000 by Randy Boone as part of a training effort under IMAS. The workbook includes many images, and so is presented in sections to ensure file sizes remain reasonable. The sections are in Adobe PDF format, so you will need the free utility Acrobat Reader to view the files. If printed, the sections comprise the entire volume, except for supplimental appendices, with page numbers and space for notes on most pages. References are made to SAVANNA, SMS, and SavView, which are IMAS software tools that may be available and requested from project investigators.
Training Manual
Contents			i
IMAS overview			1
Ecosystem modeling in IMAS			7
Savanna			9
	Spatial methods		9
		Three primary tools used in IMAS ecosystem modeling	10
		The Savanna Modeling System	12
		The Savanna Modeling System directory structure	14
		Savanna's representation of spatial information	16
		Savanna's representation of vegetation within a Cell	18
		Initializing facets within Savanna	20
		Main files controlling spatial modeling in Savanna	22
		Simulation control in Savanna	24
	Savanna submodels		27
		Weather modeling in Savanna	28
		Soil modeling in Savanna	30
		Light modeling in Savanna	32
		Biomass allocation in Savanna	34
		Transpiration - net primary production, establishment	36
		Vegetation physiology modeling in Savanna	38
		Vegetation population modeling in Savanna	40
		Initializing woody cover within Savanna	42
		Woody plant growth	44
		Decomposition and nitrogen mineralization in Savanna	46
		Animal energy balance and populations	48
		Animal energy use in Savanna	50
		Animal populations in Savanna	52
		Animal rates of change in Savanna	54
		Animal migration in Savanna	56
		Animal diets in Savanna	58
		Animal habitat suitability and distributions	60
		Restricting animal movements in Savanna	62
		Distance to water	64
		Disease modeling in IMAS - MCF	66
		Disease modeling in IMAS - Rinderpest	68
		Households and agriculture in Savanna	70
		Household-level economics	72
SMS			75
	Temporal output from Savanna - 1		76
	Temporal output from Savanna - 2		78
	Spatial output from Savanna - 1		80
	Spatial output from Savanna - 2		82
SavView			85
	Parameter Pages		85
		Animal populations in SavView	86
		Animal rates of change in SavView	88
		Households in SavView	90
		Agriculture in SavView	92
		Rainfall in SavView	94
		Simulation values in SavView	96
		System information in SavView	98
		Maps that do not change in SavView	100
		Distance to water in SavView	102
		Animal distributions force maps in SavView	104
		Values not yet included in SavView	106
	Using SavView		109
		Explorer style trees in SavView	110
		Making selections in trees in SavView	112
		Menu items in SavView - File	114
		Menu items in SavView - Edit, View	116
		Menu items in SavView - View in View	118
		Menu items in SavView - Run, Help	120
		Buttons on the toolbar in SavView	122
		Charts in SavView	124
		Maps in SavView	128
Control Model			133
Experiments			141
	Experiments - Effects of drought		142
	Experiments - Rainfall within years		148
	Experiments - More livestock		152
	Experiments - More livestock (continued)		156
	Experiments - Higher first-year survival		162
	Experiments - Increased livestock birth rates		166
	Experiments - Improved adult livestock survival		170
	Experiments - Reducing effects of disease		174
	Experiments - Allowing livestock in the craters		178
	Experiments - Removing the threat of livestock theft		182
	Experiments - Removed threat of MCF		186
	Experiments - Adding or restoring water sources		190
	Experiments - Dedicating water sources to lodges		194
	Experiments - Households and agriculture		198
	Experiments - Households and agriculture (continued)		202
Presenting IMAS			206
	Technical matters		206
	Presenting Savanna results		208
Appendices
	GL-CRSP-IMAS Project 1999 Annual Report
	Ellis and Coughenour (1998)
	Beyond 2000 IMAS Web article
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