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The time frame of home‐range studies: from function to utilization

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As technological and statistical innovations open new avenues in movement ecology, I review the fundamental implications of the time frame of home-range studies, with the aim of associating terminologies consistently with research objectives and methodologies. There is a fundamental distinction between (a) extrapolations of stationary distributions, associated with long time scales and aiming at asymptotic consistency, and (b) period-specific techniques, aiming at specificity but typically sensitive to the sampling design. I then review the difference between function and utilization in home-range studies. Most home-range studies are based on phenomenological descriptions of the time budgets of the study animals, not the function of the visited areas. I highlight emerging trends in automated pattern-recognition techniques for inference about function rather than utilization.
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hal-02309863 , version 1 (09-10-2019)

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Guillaume Péron. The time frame of home‐range studies: from function to utilization. Biological Reviews, 2019, 94 (6), pp.1974-1982. ⟨10.1111/brv.12545⟩. ⟨hal-02309863⟩
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