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This file outlines the steps you should take to begin using maxent to
model species geographic distributions. To download the program, or
for background on maxent and its application to species distribution
modeling, please see
http://biodiversityinformatics.amnh.org/open_source/maxent.
If you are using Microsoft Windows, you should also download the file
maxent.bat, and save it in the same directory as maxent.jar.
Getting Started
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If you are using Microsoft Windows, simply click on the file
maxent.bat. Otherwise, enter "java -mx512m -jar maxent.jar" in a
command shell (where "512" can be replaced by the amount of memory you
want made available to the program). The program will start up, and
further instructions can be obtained by pressing the "help" button.
Maxent.jar can be given command line arguments, which is
especially useful when running maxent in a batch (non-interactive)
mode. The list of command line options is
available by pressing "help" button after starting maxent.
Common Problems Getting Started
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1. If clicking on maxent.bat causes a window to appear but immediately
disappear, it is probably because of a problem with your Java
installation. To diagnose this problem, you should open an ms-dos
window (by clicking "start" then "run" and then typing "cmd"). Then
change to the directory where the maxent.bat and maxent.jar files are
and type "maxent.bat". You might get a response like this:
The problem is either that you don't have Java installed (you need to
install from java.sun.com as above), or Java is not mentioned in your
"path" variable. To fix the latter problem:
C:\Program Files;C:\Winnt;C:\Winnt\System32;C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_13\bin
Variable contributions: The html output has a table that gives the
percentage contribution of each variable to the Maxent model.
This gives a new way (in addition to the jackknife) of
interpreting the influence of each variable on the model.