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An Introduction to Using GIS in Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook Four - Investigating Home Ranges Of Individual Animals (Paperback)
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An Introduction to Using GIS in Marine Biology: Supplementary Workbook Four - Investigating Home Ranges Of Individual Animals (Paperback)
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This book is the fourth companion volume to 'An Introduction To
Using GIS In Marine Biology'. It is designed to augment the
information on using GIS in marine biology provided in that book,
and, indeed, to be used alongside it rather than to be used
independently as a stand-alone volume. Therefore, this book will be
of most interest to those who have already read 'An Introduction To
Using GIS In Marine Biology'.
This book consists of five exercises covering the practical use of
GIS in marine biology using ERSI's ArcGIS(r) 10.2 GIS software.
These exercises are based around using GIS to investigate the home
ranges of individual animals. They range from creating minimum
convex polygons (MCPs) and kernel density estimates (KDEs) to
comparing the home ranges of different individuals in a population.
The exercises are designed to be followed in the order they are
presented, and work with a specific data set which can be
downloaded for free.
Working through these five exercises will help the novice GIS user
obtain experience in investigating the home ranges of individual
animals in a GIS-based environment, and so develop their GIS
skills. Unlike most other GIS tutorials, this information is
specifically presented in a marine biological context and all the
exercises use real data from a marine biological study. Therefore,
these exercises are more likely to provide the kind of experience
in using GIS that marine biologists will find useful and applicable
to their own research.
These exercises are presented in the same easy-to-follow flow
diagram-based format first introduced in the 'How To...' section of
'An Introduction To Using GIS In Marine Biology'. They are
accompanied by images which show the user how their GIS project
should look as they progress through the exercises, allowing them
to compare their own work to the expected results.
This is part of the PSLS series of books which use Task-Oriented
Learning (TOL) to teach the practical application of research
skills to the life sciences. This involves demonstrating how these
skills can be used in the specific circumstances in which they are
likely to be required rather than concentrating on teaching
theoretical frameworks or on teaching skills in a generic or
abstract manner. By seeing how the similar processes are used to
achieve a variety of different goals within a specific field, it
becomes easier for the reader to identify the general rules behind
the practical application of these processes and, therefore, to
transfer them to novel situations they may encounter in the future.
Table Of Contents:
Preface.
1. Introduction.
2. How To Use The ArcGIS(r) 10.2 Software User Interface.
3. Exercise One: Estimating The Home Range Of An Individual Animal
Using A Minimum Convex Polygon (MCP).
4. Exercise Two: Estimating The Home Range Of An Individual Animal
Using A Kernel Density Estimate (KDE) In An Open Environment.
5. Exercise Three: Estimating The Home Range Of An Individual
Animal Using A Kernel Density Estimate (KDE) In An Environment With
Barriers.
6. Exercise Four: Comparing The Home Ranges Of Different
Individuals In A Population
7. Exercise Five: Investigating How Many Individuals Use Each
Location Within A Study Area
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