Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) spatio-temporal sequential habitat use: an application of Sequence Alignment Methods

COST Action IC0903

“Knowledge Discovery from Moving Objects” (MOVE)

Title of contribution: ROE DEER (Capreolus capreolus) SPATIO-TEMPORAL SEQUENTIAL

HABITAT USE An application of Sequence Alignment Methods

Authors

Johannes De Groeve, Ghent University/ Research and Innovation Center Edmund Mach

Foun-dation

Nico Van de Weghe, Ghent University

Tijs Neutens, Ghent University

Francesca Cagnacci, Research and Innovation Center Edmund Mach Foundation

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Content description

Keywords: Spatio-Temporal Autocorrelation, Sequence Alignment Methods, Sequential Habitat

Use, European Roe Deer, Spatio-Temporal Patterns

Key results:

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Roe deer spatio-temporal patterns in habitat use were effectively analysed by means of

Sequence Alignment Methods (SAM).

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Taking into account the sequence of use of environmental types allowed to evidence

some important ecological patterns. For example, age may affect predisposition to

mi-grate and migration patterns are affected by elevation gradient.

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Background knowledge in the geography domain such as the awareness of spatial

auto-correlation was fundamental to infer reliable ecological considerations.

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This contribution shows how a general concept related to moving objects such as the

relevance of spatio-temporal patterns can be applied to a specific domain and

repre-sent an advancement in that field.

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