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Computer Software Archive for the Study of Animal Behavior |
 Forager |
Amber Waves Software introduces Forager, a foraging (feeding behavior) simulation software package. This program enables users to set up animal behavior models based on any of several current foraging concepts. Users can graphically design the foraging environment and specify behavior rules. In addition to its modeling capabilities, Forager contains tools for creating publication quality reports, graphs, and maps. |
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Jack Bradbury and Robert Lobsterman Huber have developed mac programs for the ananlysis of spatial data, particularly for use in animal behavior. Recently, we have combined our efforts. It was our goal to provide a general set of tools for an analysis of movement patterns and spatial distributions. HomeRange is at Version 2.1.4 for PPC as well as for 68K Macs. You can download a self-extracting archive with both programs and sample data files. |
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This page describes and provides access to three Macintosh programs that may be of use to researchers in animal behavior or field ecology: ANTELOPE, THE KERNEL, and SINGIT! These are available for free to interested users. The authors have sporadic time to devote to their modification and upgrading, so free use comes at the expense of little support. Both are offered under copyright by the Regents of the University of California. |
 JWatcher |
Watcher is a powerful tool for the quantitative analysis of behaviour. It can be used to address any theoretical problem that requires a complex sequence of actions to be scored by a human observer. JWatcher is written in Java[TM] and is hence not dependent on a particular operating system. It will run on almost any microcomputer capable of providing a Java Virtual Machine[TM] and has been tested on both Windows[TM] and Macintosh[TM] systems. |
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Freeware Java applets/applications for the analysis of behavioral data. |
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Programs for the analysis of animal social structure (SOCPROG)
SOCPROG is a series of MATLAB programs written by Hal Whitehead for analyzing data on social structure (as well as populations and movements) based on individual identifications. The programs are designed to be easy to use, most input is done through graphical user interfaces (i.e. windows with things to click on), and most things can be done without any knowledge of MATLAB (although this helps for custom options, figuring out errors, making your own extensions, etc.). The programs are also designed to be pretty flexible so you can tailor the analyses to your data and hypotheses. |
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A datarecorder for behavioural biologists working in the field Outdoor Explorer is a softwaretool Explorer) for outdoor data collection (including position, behavioural observations, weather conditions, temperature etc.) with a Palm handheldcomputer. |
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UPresent ® is a free multimedia presentation application designed for flexible, interactive control of presentations. UGather® is a free multimedia database manager that can catalog images, QuickTime movies, and audio files and store information related to each file. Currently, the applications are only available for the MacOS (7.1 or higher) operating system. Any 680x0 or PowerPC computer will run UGather and UPresent. Windows version. We are currently working on porting UPresent® to run under Windows 95/98 and Windows NT. We have no specific time frame for when it will be available, but hopefully by midsummer 2000. |
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If you have a link to a research of value to the study of Animal Behavior, send e-mail to the ABS WebMaster |
