[R-sig-eco] function clusthr in adehabitatHR

Clément Calenge clement.calenge at oncfs.gouv.fr
Wed Sep 22 09:26:25 CEST 2010


> I'm using the function clusthr in the adehabitatHR package to replicate
> an analysis begun years ago using Ranges6 software. Authors used Kenward
> et al.'s (2001) modified nearest-neighbor cluster analysis to generate
> outlier-exclusive convex polygons.  They used Kenward et al.'s iterative
> method for outlier exclusion, with an alpha level of 0.001, to
> objectively exclude outliers without selecting an arbitrary % of
> locations to include.  The proportion of locations included in
> outlier-exclusive home range polygons therefore varied among home ranges
> for different animals/seasons etc.
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> Is it possible to specify this method of outlier exclusion when using
> the clusthr function?  I only found reference to the percent argument,
> which requires the user to specify the proportion of locations to
> include.
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Actually, the OED method is not (yet) implemented in adehabitatHR .
However, I just noted your suggestion on my todo list.
Thank you for this suggestion,
Best regards,

Clément Calenge



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