Data from: Correcting for missing and irregular data in home-range estimation

Setyawan E, Sianipar A. 2018. Data from: Correcting for missing and irregular data in home-range estimation. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.3gj67c2k

Abstract

Home-range estimation is an important application of animal tracking data that is frequently complicated by autocorrelation, sampling irregularity, and small effective sample sizes. We introduce a novel, optimal weighting method that accounts for temporal sampling bias in autocorrelated tracking data. This method corrects for irregular and missing data, such that oversampled times are downweighted and undersampled times are upweighted to minimize error in the home-range estimate. We also introduce computationally efficient algorithms that make this method feasible with large datasets. Generally speaking, there are three situations where weight optimization improves the accuracy of home-range estimates: with marine data, where the sampling schedule is highly irregular, with duty cycled data, where the sampling schedule changes during the observation period, and when a small number of homerange crossings are observed, making the beginning and end times more independent and informative than the intermediate times. Using both simulated data and empirical examples including reef manta ray, Mongolian gazelle, and African buffalo, optimal weighting is shown to reduce the error and increase the spatial resolution of home-range estimates. With a conveniently packaged and computationally efficient software implementation, this method broadens the array of datasets with which accurate space-use assessments can be made.

Keywords

Manta birostris,animal tracking,autocorrelation,home range,Indonesia,irregular sampling,kernel density estimation,Komodo National Park,Manta,Manta alfredi,marine tracking data,reef manta ray,satellite telemetry,utilization distribution

Taxa

Taxon

Manta birostris

Atlantic manta, Pacific manta, giant manta, manta

Sensors

Sensor

GPS

DOIs of related Publications

https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1704

URI

https://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.717

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@misc{001/1_3gj67c2k,
  title = {Data from: Correcting for missing and irregular data in home-range estimation},
  author = {Setyawan, E and Sianipar, A},
  year = {2018},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.3gj67c2k},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.3gj67c2k},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}

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TY  - DATA
ID  - doi:10.5441/001/1.3gj67c2k
T1  - Data from: Correcting for missing and irregular data in home-range estimation
AU  - Setyawan, Edy
AU  - Sianipar, Abraham
Y1  - 2018/03/02
KW  - Manta birostris
KW  - animal movement
KW  - animal tracking
KW  - autocorrelation
KW  - home range
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - irregular sampling
KW  - kernel density estimation
KW  - Komodo National Park
KW  - Manta
KW  - Manta alfredi
KW  - marine tracking data
KW  - reef manta ray
KW  - satellite telemetry
KW  - utilization distribution
KW  - Manta birostris
PB  - Movebank data repository
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.3gj67c2k
DO  - doi:10.5441/001/1.3gj67c2k
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