Open AccessSAM: a comprehensive application for Spatial Analysis in Macroecology
Author(s) -
Rangel Thiago F.,
DinizFilho Jose Alexandre F.,
Bini Luis Mauricio
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
ecography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.973
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1600-0587
pISSN - 0906-7590
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06299.x
Subject(s) - macroecology , spatial analysis , software , descriptive statistics , range (aeronautics) , download , computer science , ecology , interface (matter) , graphical user interface , spatial ecology , geography , data science , data mining , statistics , world wide web , biology , biogeography , remote sensing , mathematics , engineering , bubble , aerospace engineering , maximum bubble pressure method , parallel computing , programming language
SAM (Spatial Analysis in Macroecology) is a freeware application that offers a comprehensive array of spatial statistical methods, focused primarily on surface pattern spatial analysis. SAM is a compact, but powerful stand-alone software, with a user-friendly, menu-driven graphical interface. The methods available in SAM are the most commonly used in macroecology and geographical ecology, and range from simple tools for exploratory graphical analysis (e.g. mapping and graphing) and descriptive statistics of spatial patterns (e.g. autocorrelation metrics), to advanced spatial regression models (e.g. autoregression and eigenvector filtering). Download of the software, along with the user manual, can be downloaded online at the SAM website: (permanent URL at ).