Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the study of animal migration

Benitez-Paez, Fernando; Brum-Bastos, Vanessa da Silva; Beggan, Ciaran; Long, Jed A.; Demšar, Urška. 2021 Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the study of animal migration. Movement Ecology, 9 (1), 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00268-4

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Abstract/Summary

Migratory animals use information from the Earth’s magnetic field on their journeys. Geomagnetic navigation has been observed across many taxa, but how animals use geomagnetic information to find their way is still relatively unknown. Most migration studies use a static representation of geomagnetic field and do not consider its temporal variation. However, short-term temporal perturbations may affect how animals respond - to understand this phenomenon, we need to obtain fine resolution accurate geomagnetic measurements at the location and time of the animal. Satellite geomagnetic measurements provide a potential to create such accurate measurements, yet have not been used yet for exploration of animal migration.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00268-4
ISSN:	2051-3933
Date made live:	13 Aug 2021 15:02 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530886

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00268-4

ISSN:

2051-3933

Date made live:

13 Aug 2021 15:02 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530886