Book contents
- Spatial Analysis in Field Primatology
- Spatial Analysis in Field Primatology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Why Place Matters, and its Use in Primate Behavioral and Ecological Research
- Part I GPS for Primatologists
- Part II GIS Analysis in Fine-Scale Space
- Introduction
- 7 Home Range Analysis
- 8 Quantifying Resource Dispersion in Free-Ranging Bearded Sakis in Guyana
- 9 Interpreting Small-Scale Patterns of Ranging by Primates
- 10 Determining the Presence of Habitual Travel Route Networks in Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) in Kutai National Park, Borneo
- 11 Finding Fruit in a Tropical Rainforest
- 12 Random Walk Analyses in Primates
- 13 The Use of Small-Scale Spatial Analysis to Evaluate Primate Behavior and Welfare in Captive Settings
- 14 The Promise of Spatially Explicit Agent-Based Models for Primatology Research
- Part III GIS Analysis in Broad-Scale Space
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
13 - The Use of Small-Scale Spatial Analysis to Evaluate Primate Behavior and Welfare in Captive Settings
from Part II - GIS Analysis in Fine-Scale Space
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2021
- Spatial Analysis in Field Primatology
- Spatial Analysis in Field Primatology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Why Place Matters, and its Use in Primate Behavioral and Ecological Research
- Part I GPS for Primatologists
- Part II GIS Analysis in Fine-Scale Space
- Introduction
- 7 Home Range Analysis
- 8 Quantifying Resource Dispersion in Free-Ranging Bearded Sakis in Guyana
- 9 Interpreting Small-Scale Patterns of Ranging by Primates
- 10 Determining the Presence of Habitual Travel Route Networks in Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) in Kutai National Park, Borneo
- 11 Finding Fruit in a Tropical Rainforest
- 12 Random Walk Analyses in Primates
- 13 The Use of Small-Scale Spatial Analysis to Evaluate Primate Behavior and Welfare in Captive Settings
- 14 The Promise of Spatially Explicit Agent-Based Models for Primatology Research
- Part III GIS Analysis in Broad-Scale Space
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
The manner in which wild, free-ranging primates spatially utilize their environment is useful for studies of home ranges, environmental variability, territoriality, climate change effects, ecology, and travel patterns. The emergence of satellite-based technologies including global positioning systems (GPS) and geographic information systems (GIS) has provided an invaluable set of resources with which to track the movement of primates and other animals across vast landscapes with great detail. The strength of these systems, as described elsewhere in this volume, is the increasingly accurate ability to record the use of space by individuals and groups over distances that would be difficult to cover using other technologies. There are circumstances, however, in which satellite-based systems are unnecessary, ineffective, or simply not tenable for use. Most notably, they are problematic when spatial analysis is required within small captive settings such as laboratories, zoos, or sanctuaries.
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- Spatial Analysis in Field PrimatologyApplying GIS at Varying Scales, pp. 267 - 279Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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