On 09/10/2014 15:36, Michael Sumner wrote:
> Would it not be ok to just interpolate a redundant point between the
> two? Then you don't fall foul of the rules?
yes, that would be a better solution (no need to edit the function then).
All the best,
Clément
>
> That seems safer and more reproducible than moving the ground under your feet?
>
> (Just my 2 cents having not tested either path).
>
> Cheers, Mike.
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Calenge Clement
> <clement.cale...@oncfs.gouv.fr> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a question concerning the ADEhabitatLT package in R. We are
>>> analyzing GPS data of beavers sampled at an 15 min interval from approx.
>>> 7 pm - 7 am for 7 nights. The aim of our study is to look at changes in
>>> movement behavior after capture (we tag them with GPS units and release
>>> them afterwards).
>>>
>>> We used the ltraj function to create an ltraj object with bursts for
>>> every individual. We then divided the bursts into sub-bursts for every
>>> night with cutltraj by using time lags over 8 hrs (when beavers are
>>> inside the lodge during daytime) for splitting up. However, we get a
>>> warning message saying that
>>>
>>> Warning message:
>>>
>>> In cutltraj(Beav, "foo(dt)", nextr = TRUE) :
>>>
>>> At least 3 relocations are needed for a burst
>>>
>>> 9 relocations have been deleted
>>>
>>> For our purpose, the first night after capture is really important. And
>>> just for this night, we sometimes only got 2 relocations since the
>>> animals went into their lodge (no GPS signal), meaning that the function
>>> just deletes the first night for some of our animals. We thus would like
>>> to include these bursts for analysis and wonder whether there is a
>>> possibility to create a burst with only 2 relocations?
>>
>> Some of the statistics used to describe the trajectory require at least
>> two steps, i.e. 3 relocations (e.g. the relative angle, or turning
>> angles, between successive steps). However, if you insist, you can edit
>> the function cutltraj, e.g. using the command:
>>
>> cultraj<-edit(cutltraj)
>>
>> and delete the following commands at the end of the function:
>>
>> resb <- res[rrr >= 3]
>> if (length(res) != length(resb))
>> warning(paste("At least 3 relocations are needed for a burst\n",
>> sum(rrr[rrr < 3]), "relocations have been deleted"))
>>
>> This will avoid this unwanted behaviour. However, I cannot guarantee
>> that the other functions in adehabitatLT will work with a 2-relocations
>> ltraj (Two relocations do not define a trajectory; you need at least
>> three). You are on your own if you decide to do that!
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Clément Calenge
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