Chapter 2 Setup

This chapter will describe the steps required to setup your computer to perform this analysis.

2.1 Download the Maxent Software

The purpose of this section is to describe the process for downloading and configuring the Maxent software (Phillips et al. 2017).

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2.2 Install R and RStudio

2.3 Install ArcGIS Desktop or ArcGIS Pro

2.4 Install Tutorial Data

To help analysts learn how to reproduce this analysis, the approach described in this technical report is structured as a tutorial available for optional download. Download tutorial data here.

References

Phillips, Steven J, Robert P Anderson, Miroslav Dudík, Robert E Schapire, and Mary E Blair. 2017. “Opening the Black Box: An Open-Source Release of Maxent.” Ecography 40 (7). Wiley Online Library: 887–93. doi:10.1111/ecog.03049.