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April 18, 2016

Researchers developed computing methods to design optimal wildlife corridors for endangered animals.

A female Andean Bear with her cub. NSF-supported researchers developed improved computing methods that can determine the optimal wildlife corridors for preserving endangered animals considering also socioeconomic aspects.

Credit: Santiago Molina, San Francisco University of Quito, Ecuador


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