Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2023
Abstract
- Agent-based modelling (ABM) shows promise for animal movement studies. However, a robust, open-source and spatially explicit ABM coding platform is currently lacking.
- We present abmR, an R package for conducting continental-scale ABM simulations across animal taxa. The package features two movement functions, each of which relies on the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck (OU) process.
- The theoretical background for abmR is discussed and the main functionalities are illustrated using example populations.
- Potential future additions to this open-source package may include the ability to specify multiple environmental variables or to model interactions between agents. Additionally, updates may offer opportunities for disease ecology and integration with other R movement modelling packages.
Recommended Citation
Gochanour, B., Fernández-López, J., & Contina, A. (2023). abmR: An R package for agent-based model analysis of large-scale movements across taxa. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14, 218–230. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14014
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Publication Title
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14014
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