A guide to state–space modeling of ecological time series

M Auger‐Méthé, K Newman, D Cole… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
State–space models (SSMs) are an important modeling framework for analyzing ecological
time series. These hierarchical models are commonly used to model population dynamics …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning for inferring animal behavior from location and movement data

G Wang - Ecological informatics, 2019 - Elsevier
Movement ecology has rapidly advanced owing to recent developments of animal-attached
devices and wide applications of sophisticated statistical and machine learning techniques …

What is the animal doing? Tools for exploring behavioural structure in animal movements

E Gurarie, C Bracis, M Delgado… - Journal of Animal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Movement data provide a window–often our only window–into the cognitive, social and
biological processes that underlie the behavioural ecology of animals in the wild. Robust …

State-space models for bio-loggers: A methodological road map

ID Jonsen, M Basson, S Bestley, MV Bravington… - Deep Sea Research …, 2013 - Elsevier
Ecologists have an unprecedented array of bio-logging technologies available to conduct in
situ studies of horizontal and vertical movement patterns of marine animals. These tracking …

New insights into pelagic migrations: implications for ecology and conservation

DP Costa, GA Breed… - Annual review of ecology …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Highly pelagic large marine vertebrates have evolved the capability of moving across large
expanses of the marine environment; some species routinely move across entire ocean …

Movement responses to environment: fast inference of variation among southern elephant seals with a mixed effects model

ID Jonsen, CR McMahon, TA Patterson… - 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Like many species, movement patterns of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are
being influenced by long‐term environmental change. These seals migrate up to 4,000 km …

Movements and habitat use of reef manta rays off eastern Australia: offshore excursions, deep diving and eddy affinity revealed by satellite telemetry

FRA Jaine, CA Rohner, SJ Weeks… - Marine Ecology …, 2014 - int-res.com
Manta rays (Manta spp.) are plankton-feeding elasmobranchs classified as vulnerable to
extinction on the IUCN Red List for Threatened Species. Despite increasing public and …

Predicting animal behaviour using deep learning: GPS data alone accurately predict diving in seabirds

E Browning, M Bolton, E Owen, A Shoji… - Methods in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To prevent further global declines in biodiversity, identifying and understanding key habitats
is crucial for successful conservation strategies. For example, globally, seabird populations …

State‐space models for ecological time‐series data: Practical model‐fitting

K Newman, R King, V Elvira… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
State‐space models are an increasingly common and important tool in the quantitative
ecologists' armoury, particularly for the analysis of time‐series data. This is due to both their …

Inferring parturition and neonate survival from movement patterns of female ungulates: a case study using woodland caribou

CA DeMars, M Auger‐Méthé, UE Schlägel… - Ecology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Analyses of animal movement data have primarily focused on understanding patterns of
space use and the behavioural processes driving them. Here, we analyzed animal …