Uniting statistical and individual-based approaches for animal movement modelling.

ABSTRACT: The dynamic nature of their internal states and the environment directly shape animals' spatial behaviours and give rise to emergent properties at broader scales in natural systems. However, integrating these dynamic features into habitat selection studies remains challenging, due to practically impossible field work to access internal states and the inability of current statistical models to produce dynamic outputs. To address these issues, we developed a robust method, which combines statistical and individual-based modelling. Using a statistical technique for forward modelling of the IBM has the advantage of being faster for parameterization than a pure inverse modelling technique and allows for robust selection of parameters. Using GPS locations from caribou monitored in Québec, caribo

SUBMITTER: Latombe G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4076191 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature