Exploratory Visual Analysis for Animal Movement Ecology

• Published in: Computer graphics forum Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 471 - 480
• Main Authors: Slingsby, A., van Loon, E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2016
• Subjects: Analysis; Animal migration; Animals; Categories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS); Computer graphics; Computer programs; Ecological monitoring; Ecologists; Ecology; H.5.2 [Information Systems]: Information Interfaces and Presentation-User Interfaces; Interactive; Software; Statistical analysis; Studies; Visual; Visualization

Movement ecologists study animals' movement to help understand their behaviours and interactions with each other and the environment. Data from GPS loggers are increasingly important for this. These data need to be processed, segmented and summarised for further visual and statistical analysis,...