Is there a single best estimator? selection of home range estimators using area- under- the-curve
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Abstract
Background
Global positioning system (GPS) technology for monitoring home range and movements of wildlife has resulted in prohibitively large sample sizes of locations for traditional estimators of home range. We used area-under-the-curve to explore the fit of 8 estimators of home range to data collected with both GPS and concurrent very high frequency (VHF) technology on a terrestrial mammal, the Florida panther Puma concolor coryi, to evaluate recently developed and traditional estimators.
Results
Area-under-the-curve was the highest for Florida panthers equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) technology compared to VHF technology. For our study animal, estimators of home range that incorporated a temporal component to estimation performed better than traditional first- and second-generation estimators.
Conclusions
Comparisons of fit of home range contours with locations collected would suggest that use of VHF technology is not as accurate as GPS technology to estimate size of home range for large mammals. Estimators of home range collected with GPS technology performed better than those estimated with VHF technology regardless of estimator used. Furthermore, estimators that incorporate a temporal component (third-generation estimators) appeared to be the most reliable regardless of whether kernel-based or Brownian bridge-based algorithms were used and in comparison to first- and second-generation estimators. We defined third-generation estimators of home range as any estimator that incorporates time, space, animal-specific parameters, and habitat. Such estimators would include movement-based kernel density, Brownian bridge movement models, and dynamic Brownian bridge movement models among others that have yet to be evaluated.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Is there a single best estimator? selection of home range estimators using area- under- the-curve |
| Series title | Movement Ecology |
| DOI | 10.1186/s40462-015-0039-4 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Year Published | 2015 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | BioMed Central Ltd |
| Contributing office(s) | Coop Res Unit Leetown |
| Description | 11 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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