Designed as an useful application, Niche Analyst can help users create virtual species / spaces and analyze ecological niches. Moreover, Niche Analyst can calculate the shape, density and location of a niche.
The program can also be used to estimate Grinnellian niches of species based on environmental variables and occurrence records. Niche Analyst is developed with the help of the Java programming language.
Here are some key features of "Niche Analyst":
· Niche space
· Environmental space
· 3D
Requirements:
· Java
· Java 3D
· GDAL
· R
· ImageMagick