Hi Christina, I use Geospatial Modeling Environment (GME). It replaces Hawth's Tools. It is free and very easy to use, with a how to manual free online.
http://www.spatialecology.com/gme/ Best, Dane Ward On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Christina Galitsky <[email protected]>wrote: > I am about to do some home range studies of tree kangaroos in Papua New > Guinea. We are tracking 3 animals right now, and may track a few more if > we can collar them. > > The last study done used Ranges Software (vs. 6 at the time). They > calculated home range sizes, core areas of activity, and compared male and > female at both sizes (whole range and core area). They used Harmonic Mean, > Kernel, and Minimum Convex Polygons to evaluate. I was thinking I would do > something similar (to compare the new data at a new elevation). > > Because I have to buy whatever software we use, I wanted to get some > opinions before just buying Ranges again (v. 8 now, I guess). > > Advice appreciated! > -- *Dane Ward * *Ph.D. Candidate* *Drexel University * *Department of Biology* * * *Join the MAESA Student Section on FaceBook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mid-Atlantic-Ecological-Society-of-America-Student-Section/375635499148316> !*
