ArticleMovement ecology2020
Reptiles on the wrong track? Moving beyond traditional estimators with dynamic Brownian Bridge Movement Models.
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- Residency and space use estimation methods based on passive acoustic telemetry data.Movement ecology · 2023Review
- Quantitative assessment of the dispersal of soil-dwelling oribatid mites via rodents in restored heathlands.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
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- Malayan kraits (Bungarus candidus) show affinity to anthropogenic structures in a human dominated landscape.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Long-Distance Movements of Feral Cats in Semi-Arid South Australia and Implications for Conservation Management.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAnimal movement expressed through home ranges or space-use can offer insights into spatial and habitat requirements. However, different classes of estimation methods are currently instinctively applied to answer home range, space-use or movement-based research questions regardless of their widely varying outputs, directly impacting conclusions. Recent technological advances in animal tracking (GPS and satellite tags), have enabled new methods to quantify animal space-use and movement pathways, but so far have primarily targeted mammal and avian species.
methodsMost reptile spatial ecology studies only make use of two older home range estimation methods: Minimum Convex Polygons (MCP) and Kernel Density Estimators (KDE), particularly with the Least Squares Cross Validation (LSCV) and reference (
resultsAlthough originally designed for GPS tracking studies, dBBMMs outperformed MCPs and KDE
conclusionsWe recommend dBBMMs as a valuable alternative to MCP and KDE methods for reptile VHF telemetry data, for research questions associated with space-use and movement behaviours within the study period: they work under contemporary tracking protocols and provide more stable estimates. We demonstrate for the first time that dBBMMs can be applied confidently to low-resolution tracking data, while improving comparisons across regimes, individuals, and species. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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