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*Bird migration (both as a group and individual) flight path over a period of time. | *Bird migration (both as a group and individual) flight path over a period of time. | ||
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*The home range and territory range of these birds. | *The home range and territory range of these birds. | ||
*Uniqueness of stopover sites. | *Uniqueness of stopover sites. | ||
Revision as of 12:03, 17 June 2018
Contents
Motivation
Animal migration has long received much attention as a research topic in biology. Information about animal movement serves to allow us to understand animal behavior and their interactions with each other and the environment. In addition, it allows us to address environmental challenges such as climate and land use change.
Understanding animal migration helps conservationists to conserve these animals through the protection of their habitats and their resources.
An interactive visual analytics approach would provide valuable insights to the scientific community on the migration of these animals.
Objective
We present a interactive visual approach to explore and analyze animal movement data. We applied this approach to a data set of Osprey bird migration flows for a ten-year period spanning 2007 to 2017.
Through this project, we hope that ecologists and conservationists alike will be able to gain insights into the following:
- Bird migration (both as a group and individual) flight path over a period of time.
- How differences in individual characteristics (e.g. female vs male, juvenile vs adult) affect flight behavior.
- The home range and territory range of these birds.
- Uniqueness of stopover sites.
- Impact of environment data on bird migration.
Methodology
Time Series Analysis
Calendar Chart
The Calendar Chart will be used to explore the cycle, variability and trend of the migration data. From the calendar chart, a user can see the entire duration of either a group or the individual bird’s journey over the required time period as desired.
Line Chart
We will use the line chart based on the time, such as year, month, day and hour, to further explore the flight pattern of group and individuals, as well as how differences in individual characteristics such as sex and adulthood affect flight pattern.
Scatter Plot
The scatter plot will help to identify outliers in the data set.
Geographic Analysis
Map
The location data will be visualized on the map.
Bin Chart
The bin chart will show the amount of time birds spend at each place. Coloring will be used to differentiate the time period, so that the user is able to tell the location at which the bird spends the longest time at.
