Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic
Authors: Davidson Sarah C. , Bohrer Gil , Gurarie Eliezer , LaPoint Scott , Mahoney Peter J. , Boelman Natalie T. , Eitel Jan U. H. , Prugh Laura R. , Vierling Lee A. , Jennewein Jyoti , Grier Emma , Couriot Ophélie , Kelly Allicia P. , Meddens Arjan J. H. , Oliver Ruth Y. , Kays Roland , Wikelski Martin , Aarvak Tomas , Ackerman Joshua T. , Alves José A. , Bayne Erin , Bedrosian Bryan , Belant Jerrold L. , Berdahl Andrew M. , Berlin Alicia M. , Berteaux Dominique , Bêty Joël , Boiko Dmitrijs , Booms Travis L. , Borg Bridget L. , Boutin Stan , Boyd W. Sean , Brides Kane , Brown Stephen , Bulyuk Victor N. , Burnham Kurt K. , Cabot David , Casazza Michael , Christie Katherine , Craig Erica H. , Davis Shanti E. , Davison Tracy , Demma Dominic , DeSorbo Christopher R. , Dixon Andrew , Domenech Robert , Eichhorn Götz , Elliott Kyle , Evenson Joseph R. , Exo Klaus-Michael , Ferguson Steven H. , Fiedler Wolfgang , Fisk Aaron , Fort Jérôme , Franke Alastair , Fuller Mark R. , Garthe Stefan , Gauthier Gilles , Gilchrist Grant , Glazov Petr , Gray Carrie E. , Grémillet David , Griffin Larry , Hallworth Michael T. , Harrison Autumn-Lynn , Hennin Holly L. , Hipfner J. Mark , Hodson James , Johnson James A. , Joly Kyle , Jones Kimberly , Katzner Todd E. , Kidd Jeff W. , Knight Elly C. , Kochert Michael N. , Kölzsch Andrea , Kruckenberg Helmut , Lagassé Benjamin J. , Lai Sandra , Lamarre Jean-François , Lanctot Richard B. , Larter Nicholas C. , Latham A. David M. , Latty Christopher J. , Lawler James P. , Léandri-Breton Don-Jean , Lee Hansoo , Lewis Stephen B. , Love Oliver P. , Madsen Jesper , Maftei Mark , Mallory Mark L. , Mangipane Buck , Markovets Mikhail Y. , Marra Peter P. , McGuire Rebecca , McIntyre Carol L. , McKinnon Emily A. , Miller Tricia A. , Moonen Sander , Mu Tong , Müskens Gerhard J. D. M. , Ng Janet , Nicholson Kerry L. , Øien Ingar Jostein , Overton Cory , Owen Patricia A. , Patterson Allison , Petersen Aevar , Pokrovsky Ivan , Powell Luke L. , Prieto Rui , Quillfeldt Petra , Rausch Jennie , Russell Kelsey , Saalfeld Sarah T. , Schekkerman Hans , Schmutz Joel A. , Schwemmer Philipp , Seip Dale R. , Shreading Adam , Silva Mónica A. , Smith Brian W. , Smith Fletcher , Smith Jeff P. , Snell Katherine R. S. , Sokolov Aleksandr , Sokolov Vasiliy , Solovyeva Diana V , Sorum Mathew S. , Tertitski Grigori , Therrien J. F. , Thorup Kasper , Tibbitts T. Lee , Tulp Ingrid , Uher-Koch Brian D. , van Bemmelen Rob S. A. , Van Wilgenburg Steven , Von Duyke Andrew L. , Watson Jesse L. , Watts Bryan D. , Williams Judy A. , Wilson Matthew T. , Wright James R. , Yates Michael A. , Yurkowski David J. , Žydelis Ramūnas , Hebblewhite Mark 
Published: November 2020

Ecological “big data”

Human activities are rapidly altering the natural world. Nowhere is this more evident, perhaps, than in the Arctic, yet this region remains one of the most remote and difficult to study. Researchers have increasingly relied on animal tracking data in these regions to understand individual species' responses, but if we want to understand larger-scale change, we need to integrate our understanding across species. Davidsonet al.introduce an open-source data archive that currently hosts more than 15 million location data points across 96 species and use it to show distinct climate change responses across species. Such ecological “big data” can lead to a wider understanding of change.

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