Time geography and wildlife home range delineation

Jed A. Long, Trisalyn A. Nelson

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Abstract

We introduce a new technique for delineating animal home ranges that is relatively simple and intuitive: the potential path area (PPA) home range. PPA home ranges are based on existing theory from time geography, where an animal's movement is constrained by known locations in space-time (i.e., n telemetry points) and a measure of mobility (e.g., maximum velocity). Using the formulation we provide, PPA home ranges can be easily implemented in a Geographic Information System (GIS). The advantage of the PPA home range is the explicit consideration of temporal limitations on animal movement. In discussion, we identify the PPA home range as a stand-alone measure of animal home range or as a way to augment existing home range techniques. Future developments are highlighted in the context of the usefulness of time geography for wildlife movement analysis. To facilitate the adoption of this technique we provide a tool for implementing this method.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)407-413
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Wildlife Management
Volume76
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • GPS tracking
  • home range
  • potential path area
  • space-time
  • time geography
  • wildlife movement

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

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