Resources

As tracking technologies advance, there is a growing need for analytical tools that can unlock the information contained in large, high-resolution datasets. In response, Smithsonian scientists have created open-source analytical tools that help scientists and practitioners make informed conservation decisions from animal movement datasets. Learn more below.

Continuous-Time Movement Modeling

ctmm is an open-source software package for analyzing animal tracking data. It models animal movement as a continuous-time stochastic process to provide more accurate estimates of home-range size, energy expenditure and encounter rates in a convenient R package.

ctmmweb

ctmmweb is a user-friendly graphical interface for ctmm, designed for wildlife managers and conservation practitioners. It takes many of the most popular functions from the ctmm R package and makes them more accessible to users without coding experience.

Applications

Home Range Estimation

Energy Expenditure

Encounter Rates

Education and Outreach

We are committed to making these tools accessible to movement ecologists and conservationists worldwide. For details about recent and upcoming training workshops, click on the logos below.