Interpolation of animal tracking data in a fluid environment

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 128-140

  Tremblay, Yann ^a   Shaffer, Scott A ^a   Fowler, Shannon L ^a   Kuhn, Carey E ^a   McDonald, Birgitte I ^a   Weise, Michael J ^a   Bost, Charle André ^b   Weimerskirch, Henri ^b   Crocker, Daniel E ^c   Goebel, Michael E ^d   Costa, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^c SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albatross; Argos; B zier; Booby; Cubic; Elephant seal; Fur seal; Geolocation; GPS; Hermite; Marine mammal; Penguin; Sea lion; Seabird; Spline; Telemetry; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERTEBRATE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; CICONIIFORMES; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA; OTARIIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE; SULIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31544434510     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01970     Document Type: Article

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