Trackable life: Data, sequence, and organism in movement ecology

摘要: Over the past decade an increasing number of ecologists have begun to frame their work as a contribution emerging research field movement ecology. This field's primary object is track, which usually operationalized series discrete "steps and stops" that represent portion animal's "lifetime track." Its practitioners understand dependent on recent technical advances in tracking organisms analyzing movements. By making research, rather than simply expression deeper biological phenomena, are able generalize across patterns wide variety species draw statistical techniques developed model movements non-living things. Although it can trace its roots back long tradition models movement, relies heavily metaphors from genomics; particular, tracks been seen similar DNA sequences. Though this has helped ecology consolidate around shared understanding may need broaden beyond sequence if realize potential address urgent concerns such biodiversity loss.