OpenJUMP HoRAE-A free GIS and toolbox for home-range analysis

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 600-608

  Steiniger, Stefan ^a   Hunter, Andrew J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GIS; Home range analysis; Kernel density estimation; Movement analysis; Open source software.

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ELEVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; HOME RANGE; LAND COVER; MOVEMENT; SOFTWARE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84870356518     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.168     Document Type: Article

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