Screen LibrarySpatial analysis in field primatology : applying GIS at varying scales /
"Over the last two decades, technological advances in GPS (global positioning devices) and GIS (global information systems) have allowed primatologists to dramatically increase the quantity of spatial location data they can gather in the field, and the complexity of the analyses they can perfor...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Over the last two decades, technological advances in GPS (global positioning devices) and GIS (global information systems) have allowed primatologists to dramatically increase the quantity of spatial location data they can gather in the field, and the complexity of the analyses they can perform on these data. Before 15 years ago, GPS units did not function well in remote locations and/or under dense foliage, thus, they were useless for most field primatologists. In contrast, in the last 15 years, technological advances have made GPS devices functional across the globe and in most environments allowing field researchers to collect detailed spatial data using this technology"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 445 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107062306 1107062306 9781107694309 1107694302 |
| Index Number: | QL737 |
| CLC: | Q959.848-39 |
| Call Number: | Q959.848-39/S738 |
| Contents: |
Why place matters, and its use in primate behavioral and ecological research / GPS for primatologists. Introduction / Fundamentals of GIS and GPS / "Next-gen" tracking in primatology : opportunities and challenges / The ethical implications, and practical consequences, of attaching remote telemetry apparatus to macaques / Processing geospatial data in R : a primer / Estimating travel distance and linearity of primate routes : ideas on how to clean and smooth track data collected with a handheld GPS / Analysis in fine-scale space. Home range analysis : why the methods matter / Quantifying resource dispersion in free-ranging bearded sakis in Guyana : what is a patch? / Interpreting small-scale patterns of ranging by primates : what does it mean, and why does it matter? / Determining the presence of habitual travel route networks in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) in Kutai National Park, Borneo / Finding fruit in a tropical rainforest : a comparison of the foraging patterns of two distinct fruit-eating primates across years / Random walk analyses in primates / The use of small-scale spatial analysis to evaluate primate behavior and welfare in captive settings / The promise of spatially explicit agent-based models for primatology research / GIS analysis in broad-scale space. Modeling nich |