Abstract

AMMS was supported by an ARC Grant DE170100841 and an IOMRC (UWA, AIMS, CSIRO) fellowship. JF-G and VE were supported by Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (AEI, Spain) and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) through project SPASIMM (FIS2016-80067-P AEI/FEDER, UE), and by research funding from KAUST.

Highlights

  • The movements of wild animals have always fascinated humans

  • The study of the ecology of non-human animal movement is a well-established field of science (Nathan, 2008) encompassing a coherent research community with dedicated publication outlets (e.g., Movement Ecology, http://link.springer.com/journal/40462 and Animal Biotelemetry https:// link.springer.com/journal/40317) and symposia largely dedicated to animal movement

  • Given the effort that has been expended on describing the movement patterns of animals for nearly two centuries (Figure 1), it is somewhat ironic that humans have become the subject of Animal Movement Meets Human Mobility tracking studies only very recently (Brockmann et al, 2006; Eagle and Pentland, 2006; Gonzalez et al, 2008) (Figure 1)

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Summary

INTRODUCTION

The movements of wild animals have always fascinated humans. Animal migrations have been an integral part of the development of human culture, as evidenced by pictures drawn thousands of years ago on cave walls. Despite our long-standing interest, description of the movement patterns of some animals, birds, and aquatic species such as marine mammals and fishes have presented many challenges, largely because these animals live in environments where humans cannot follow their path. Today, these issues are being overcome through the development of sophisticated telemetry technologies that allow researchers to remotely locate and track animals. Given the effort that has been expended on describing the movement patterns of animals for nearly two centuries (Figure 1), it is somewhat ironic that humans have become the subject of

Animal Movement Meets Human Mobility
HOW CAN MOVEMENT ECOLOGY BENEFIT FROM BIG DATA?
Identification of Emergent Patterns in Animal Movement
Analysis of Networks of Animal Movement and Behavior
Advanced Visualization Techniques for Complex Datasets of Movement
Findings
CHALLENGES OF THE BIG DATA APPROACH TO ANIMAL TRACKING

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