Authors
Simeon Lisovski, Silke Bauer, Martins Briedis, Sarah C Davidson, Kiran L Dhanjal‐Adams, Michael T Hallworth, Julia Karagicheva, Christoph M Meier, Benjamin Merkel, Janne Ouwehand, Lykke Pedersen, Eldar Rakhimberdiev, Amélie Roberto‐Charron, Nathaniel E Seavy, Michael D Sumner, Caz M Taylor, Simon J Wotherspoon, Eli S Bridge
Publication date
2020/1
Journal
Journal of Animal Ecology
Volume
89
Issue
1
Pages
221-236
Description
- Light‐level geolocator tags use ambient light recordings to estimate the whereabouts of an individual over the time it carried the device. Over the past decade, these tags have emerged as an important tool and have been used extensively for tracking animal migrations, most commonly small birds.
- Analysing geolocator data can be daunting to new and experienced scientists alike. Over the past decades, several methods with fundamental differences in the analytical approach have been developed to cope with the various caveats and the often complicated data.
- Here, we explain the concepts behind the analyses of geolocator data and provide a practical guide for the common steps encompassing most analyses – annotation of twilights, calibration, estimating and refining locations, and extraction of movement patterns – describing good practices and common pitfalls for each step.
- We discuss criteria for …
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