Robustness of movement models: can models bridge the gap between temporal scales of data sets and behavioural processes?

DOI10.1007/S00285-016-1005-5zbMATH Open1350.92063arXiv1508.06523OpenAlexW2962763947WikidataQ31082153 ScholiaQ31082153MaRDI QIDQ338370FDOQ338370

Authors: Ulrike E. Schlägel, M. A. Lewis 

Publication date: 4 November 2016

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Discrete-time random walks and their extensions are common tools for analyzing animal movement data. In these analyses, resolution of temporal discretization is a critical feature. Ideally, a model both mirrors the relevant temporal scale of the biological process of interest and matches the data sampling rate. Challenges arise when resolution of data is too coarse due to technological constraints, or when we wish to extrapolate results or compare results obtained from data with different resolutions. Drawing loosely on the concept of robustness in statistics, we propose a rigorous mathematical framework for studying movement models' robustness against changes in temporal resolution. In this framework, we define varying levels of robustness as formal model properties, focusing on random walk models with spatially-explicit component. With the new framework, we can investigate whether models can validly be applied to data across varying temporal resolutions and how we can account for these different resolutions in statistical inference results. We apply the new framework to movement-based resource selection models, demonstrating both analytical and numerical calculations, as well as a Monte Carlo simulation approach. While exact robustness is rare, the concept of approximate robustness provides a promising new direction for analyzing movement models.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.06523

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zbMATH Keywords

parameter estimationMarkov modelanimal movementGPS datasampling rateresource selection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Sums of independent random variables; random walks (60G50) Animal behavior (92D50) General biology and biomathematics (92B05)

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• RandomFields
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