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Dead-reckoning animal movements in R: a reappraisal using Gundog.Tracks

Richard M. Gunner, Mark Holton Orcid Logo, Mike D. Scantlebury, O. Louis van Schalkwyk, Holly M. English, Hannah J. Williams, Phil Hopkins, Flavio Quintana, Agustina Gómez-Laich, Luca Borger Orcid Logo, James Redcliffe, Ken Yoda, Takashi Yamamoto, Sam Ferreira, Danny Govender, Pauli Viljoen, Angela Bruns, Stephen H. Bell, Nikki J. Marks, Nigel C. Bennett, Mariano H. Tonini, Carlos M. Duarte, Martin C. van Rooyen, Mads F. Bertelsen, Craig J. Tambling, Rory Wilson Orcid Logo

Animal Biotelemetry, Volume: 9, Issue: 1

Swansea University Authors: Mark Holton Orcid Logo, Luca Borger Orcid Logo, James Redcliffe, Rory Wilson Orcid Logo

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BackgroundFine-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 resolu...

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title_full Dead-reckoning animal movements in R: a reappraisal using Gundog.Tracks
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James Redcliffe
Rory Wilson
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Mike D. Scantlebury
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Hannah J. Williams
Phil Hopkins
Flavio Quintana
Agustina Gómez-Laich
Luca Borger
James Redcliffe
Ken Yoda
Takashi Yamamoto
Sam Ferreira
Danny Govender
Pauli Viljoen
Angela Bruns
Stephen H. Bell
Nikki J. Marks
Nigel C. Bennett
Mariano H. Tonini
Carlos M. Duarte
Martin C. van Rooyen
Mads F. Bertelsen
Craig J. Tambling
Rory Wilson
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description BackgroundFine-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).ResultsThe 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.ConclusionsThe 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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