Animal Movement and Space Use from Step-Selection Analysis

A methodological framework for estimating animal space-use patterns from step-selection analysis (SSA) using transition matrices. The approach is demonstrated with field data from two species with different movement strategies: wild pigs and long-tailed tits. The dataset, authored by Benedict Hatchwell, was last updated on 2026-05-22.

Use Cases

• Predicting animal space-use patterns based on fitted step-selection functions.
• Comparing emergent spatial patterns from different movement kernel definitions.
• Applying transition matrix methods to species with contrasting movement capacities, such as wild pigs and long-tailed tits.

Strengths

• Method is demonstrated with real field data from two distinct species.
• Provides a framework to produce spatial patterns without thousands of model simulations.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• File size is listed as 0.0 B, indicating a potentially very small or metadata-only dataset.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Likely contains derived data and code from step-selection analysis of field data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 06:35:25; freshness should be verified.