A probabilistic algorithm to process geolocation data

• Main Authors: Merkel, Benjamin, Phillips, Richard, Descamps, Sébastien, Yoccoz, Nigel, Moe, Børge, Strøm, Hallvard
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2016
• Subjects: Animal tracking; Global Location Sensors; GLS; Method assessment; Sea surface temperature; Probability sampling; probGLS; Threshold method; Bird Island; Diomedea exulans; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: http://www.movementecologyjournal.com/content/4/1/26

Abstract Background The use of light level loggers (geolocators) to understand movements and distributions in terrestrial and marine vertebrates, particularly during the non-breeding period, has increased dramatically in recent years. However, inferring positions from light data is not straightforwa...