Artículo
Dead-reckoning animal movements in R: A reappraisal using Gundog.Tracks
Gunner, Richard M.; Holton, Mark; Scantlebury, Mike D.; van Schalkwyk, O. Louis; English, Holly M.; Williams, Hannah J.; Hopkins, Phil; Quintana, Flavio Roberto
; Gómez Laich, Agustina Marta
; Börger, Luca; Redcliffe, James; Yoda, Ken; Yamamoto, Takashi; Ferreira, Sam; Govender, Danny; Viljoen, Pauli; Bruns, Angela; Bell, Stephen H.; Marks, Nikki J.; Bennett, Nigel C.; Tonini, Mariano Hernan
; Duarte, Carlos M.; van Rooyen, Martin C.; Bertelsen, Mads F.; Tambling, Craig J.; Wilson, Rory P.
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Fecha de publicación:
12/2021
Editorial:
BioMed Central
Revista:
Animal Biotelemetry
e-ISSN:
2050-3385
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Inglés
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Background: Fine-scale data on animal position are increasingly enabling us to understand the details of animal movement ecology and dead-reckoning, a technique integrating motion sensor-derived information on heading and speed, can be used to reconstruct fine-scale movement paths at sub-second resolution, irrespective of the environment. On its own however, the dead-reckoning process is prone to cumulative errors, so that position estimates quickly become uncoupled from true location. Periodic ground-truthing with aligned location data (e.g., from global positioning technology) can correct for this drift between Verified Positions (VPs). We present step-by-step instructions for implementing Verified Position Correction (VPC) dead-reckoning in R using the tilt-compensated compass method, accompanied by the mathematical protocols underlying the code and improvements and extensions of this technique to reduce the trade-off between VPC rate and dead-reckoning accuracy. These protocols are all built into a user-friendly, fully annotated VPC dead-reckoning R function; Gundog.Tracks, with multi-functionality to reconstruct animal movement paths across terrestrial, aquatic, and aerial systems, provided within the Additional file 4 as well as online (GitHub). Results: The Gundog.Tracks function is demonstrated on three contrasting model species (the African lion Panthera leo, the Magellanic penguin Spheniscus magellanicus, and the Imperial cormorant Leucocarbo atriceps) moving on land, in water and in air. We show the effect of uncorrected errors in speed estimations, heading inaccuracies and infrequent VPC rate and demonstrate how these issues can be addressed. Conclusions: The function provided will allow anyone familiar with R to dead-reckon animal tracks readily and accurately, as the key complex issues are dealt with by Gundog.Tracks. This will help the community to consider and implement a valuable, but often overlooked method of reconstructing high-resolution animal movement paths across diverse species and systems without requiring a bespoke application.
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Articulos(IBIOMAR)
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA DE ORGANISMOS MARINOS
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA DE ORGANISMOS MARINOS
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Articulos de INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGIA, GENETICA Y EVOLUCION DE BS. AS
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGIA, GENETICA Y EVOLUCION DE BS. AS
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Articulos de INSTITUTO ANDINO PATAGONICO DE TECNOLOGIAS BIOLOGICAS Y GEOAMBIENTALES
Articulos de INSTITUTO ANDINO PATAGONICO DE TECNOLOGIAS BIOLOGICAS Y GEOAMBIENTALES
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Gunner, Richard M.; Holton, Mark; Scantlebury, Mike D.; van Schalkwyk, O. Louis; English, Holly M.; et al.; Dead-reckoning animal movements in R: A reappraisal using Gundog.Tracks; BioMed Central; Animal Biotelemetry; 9; 1; 12-2021; 1-37
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