The link below is an exercise (in Hebrew) developed by Dr. Noam Levin at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. The exercise is part of a course for graduate and advanced undergraduate students called GIS applications for conservation planning.
Levin - Marxan Manual Hebrew 2011-03-07
Author: Dr. Noam Levin
The introduction for the exercise is translated (badly) into English using an online translation tool below:
Introduction
Marxan is software developed by Ian Ball, Matthew Watts & Hugh Possingham at the University of Queensland (Australia) to assist regional decision-making to determine priorities for saving nature, while weighting the number of parameters. Originally the Marxan software was designed to assist in conservation planning in the Great Barrier Reef, hence the name of the software, Marine Reserve Design Using Spatially Explicit Annealing. Basically, the program seeks to answer the question of what areas will give the maximum benefit that you should save nature include
Same system and save. Parameters of the benefits include the conservation objectives, constraints (cost / threats)
Compactness (shape and spatial) of the saved, and more. On GIS and its output files can be attached including layers, GIS software receives as input files based in part on the layers. To see the resulting stored value. Short guide in front of you does not include all the software components, and receive a full background. The software should be assisted by the following sources:
Marxan homepage.( news, presentations, articles , etc.).
The software's Manual .............................
http://www.uq.edu.au/marxan/docs/marxan_manual_1_8_2.pdf
http://www.uq.edu.au/marxan/docs/Marxan_User_Manual_2008.pdf
Recommendations for proper use of the software:
Allow use in many of the features of, ( like - yes developed a number of other software interfaces (eg in Idrisi TAIGA
There are, so that the building of input and output files is simpler for the user. GIS program Marxan and Marxan with Zones, the software development by Hugh Possingham's research group continues. Should assist regional decision-making also the interface (where the benefit is highest conservation actions Zones Different types).