Kernel Home Range Estimation for ArcGIS, using VBA - Fish and ...

the outputs from the analysis. Delete any new table that has been created. Begin your analysis
again.
Figure 8.2.1.2. Figure 8.2.1.3.
If the “Show errors” checkbox is left checked, a message box will pop up on every error with a
description. This may be left unchecked if multiple analyses are performed using the Subset
option – i.e. the code will not be interrupted, and the analysis will run to completion without
notifying the user of the errors.
8.2.2. Minimum Convex Polygons (MCPs)
To begin a home range analysis, a point layer must be present in the Table of Contents in
ArcMap. Start the analysis by left clicking on the toolbar, on the tool called “ABODE”. If no point
layer is present in the Table of Contents, then ABODE will not open the user form. Instead a
Message Box will appear notifying you that a point layer must be added. ABODE can analyze
point shapefiles that have points projected in UTM. In the attribute table of the shapefile, there
must be a field each for the x and y coordinates.
The user form for ABODE consists of two pages. One is for Minimum Convex Polygons (Figure
8.2.2.1.). The other is for Kernel Density Estimation (this will be dealt with in section 8.2.3.). This
page is divided into two distinct sections. The top section is for regular Minimum Convex Polygon
analyses (Figure 8.2.2.2.). The bottom section is for analyzing home range asymptotes (Please
note that on the Kernel Density Estimation page, all analyses are included in one section, and
asymptotic analyses are not set apart).
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