Dear all,

For my current research topic I am analyzing the horizontal movement tracks of 
humpback whales in response to different disturbances.
To quantify movement I am using several methods including FPT analysis included 
in the adehabitatLT package.
I am currently trying to find an appropriate radius that allows me to identify 
changes at small scales because exposure times of disturbances are often less 
than 30 minutes. To do this I first have to compute the FPT for each relocation 
at different radii so that I may use the varlogfpt function.
This is where I get an output that have a lot of NA values and I do not 
understand why.

Track of animal loaded into R:
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Name    Date    Lat     Lon
mn12_161ab_Base   9-6-2012 19:09:28     77,55643335690100       
11,27667241604030
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:12:45       77,55696075632120       
11,27084375824340
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:15:28       77,55699816456820       
11,27702308557660
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:18:06       77,55598805558040       
11,28580614377480
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:21:09       77,55591859473830       
11,28338931414880
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:24:00       77,55549373669390       
11,28408170335610
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:26:28       77,55324309888590       
11,28398869516110
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:28:55       77,55139062949150       
11,27833972589440
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:32:06       77,55475135943500       
11,27173342072610
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:35:12       77,55611753940680       
11,26495443169710
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:38:36       77,55860892997800       
11,25700440709650
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:41:33       77,56089170155290       
11,25495483479950
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:44:24       77,56222432364140       
11,25873209612050
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:47:14       77,56434154308270       
11,26363348896560
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:50:07       77,56646024135830       
11,26660137473080
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:52:41       77,56839120918160       
11,27226333803470
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:55:17       77,57057993643930       
11,27136493626320
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 19:58:07       77,57214283776610       
11,27233383879820
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:01:46       77,57500953017100       
11,26666329382660
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:05:03       77,57767923609360       
11,26380969360000
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:08:16       77,58012176578860       
11,26323326856280
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:10:50       77,58187998271110       
11,25941145266200
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:15:10       77,58474230359560       
11,25209963783920
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:17:45       77,58645775778830       
11,24338930348240
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:22:01       77,58856954384490       
11,23638816507940
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:25:35       77,59112792527880       
11,22931664515410
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:28:33       77,59242584084420       
11,21224684125400
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:32:33       77,59249206431210       
11,19452015830120
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:35:17       77,59633456212130       
11,20196047802890
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:37:57       77,59679722529070       
11,19449197951810
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:41:56       77,59852082259090       
11,18645961656580
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:45:25       77,59969926846610       
11,17264464402770
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:48:18       77,60022752599820       
11,16985355832960
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:53:02       77,59909823003750       
11,16205375327660
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 20:56:56       77,59722096161280       
11,15916057027840
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:00:37       77,59533239422310       
11,16281457328250
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:03:23       77,59329022766340       
11,17116763774670
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:07:20       77,59114261080940       
11,16946709571400
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:09:55       77,58989120696670       
11,17493721261540
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:13:12       77,58793385734110       
11,17878092157690
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:16:25       77,58522912212770       
11,18033497915500
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:20:03       77,58336514505540       
11,18515516867340
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:23:17       77,58200107158110       
11,18616970800400
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:26:41       77,58042091845630       
11,18911668020680
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:30:02       77,57846059499860       
11,19511603166340
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:34:06       77,57651004097650       
11,19619598150720
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:37:58       77,57456184147340       
11,19587058275390
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:41:26       77,57347863238240       
11,20194901181800
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:44:34       77,57219536268080       
11,20738548393350
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:46:59       77,57132649274410       
11,21131172345690
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:50:48       77,57118138905010       
11,21986934010630
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:53:59       77,57038958699530       
11,22805999078830
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 21:56:27       77,57009674153950       
11,23402810606740
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 22:01:36       77,56844936775150       
11,24399900071270
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 22:04:41       77,56843904903480       
11,25186272077050
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 22:08:56       77,56790521875880       
11,26010099033360
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 22:12:04       77,56669715185240       
11,27139578849330
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 22:15:36       77,56649731454960       
11,27975667115040
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 22:20:17       77,56562818131410       
11,29716578688230
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 22:25:17       77,56598909594260       
11,31559241509630
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 22:28:18       77,56419294888910       
11,31338913732350
mn12_161ab_Base 9-6-2012 22:31:51       77,56264733580530       
11,31256648894900
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Script:

Trial <-read.table("mn12_161_Base.txt", sep="\t", dec=",", header=T)

# Store date in POSIXct object
da <- as.character(Trial$Date)
da <- as.POSIXct(strptime(as.character(Trial$Date),"%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S"))


#Creat an object of class ltraj, ltraj automatically computes some descriptive 
parameters including angles etc.
Trial_ltraj <- as.ltraj(xy = Trial[,c("Lon","Lat")], date = da, id = Trial$Name)

#FPT calculations
i<-fpt(Trial_ltraj, seq(0.,0.14, length=100))
i
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> i
[[1]]
   r1       r2        r3        r4        r5       r6       r7       r8       
r9      r10      r11      r12       r13       r14       r15
1  NA       NA        NA        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
2   0       NA        NA        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
3   0 344.6375        NA        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
4   0 258.1202        NA        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
5   0 674.4649  985.1631        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
6   0 748.0733 1134.6472        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
7   0 729.2368 1091.5573        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
8   0 733.1255 1084.1339        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
9   0 294.5591        NA        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
10  0 307.2180  620.3491        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
11  0 299.7344 1253.8778 1834.7958        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
12  0 556.1033  950.1141 1277.7050 2529.3255       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
13  0 476.6646  850.8415 1189.6811 2655.8799 3104.398       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
14  0 620.8436 1053.2058 2150.3288 2796.4636       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
15  0 421.3395 1520.1129 2421.3037 3389.3135       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
16  0 393.4383 1364.6252 2486.5748        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
17  0 568.8497 1091.7618 1653.1042        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
18  0 651.1217 1241.0961 1725.5470        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
19  0 601.2497 1217.6464 1660.2531        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
20  0 563.3341 1498.7189 1972.7839 2776.7161       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
21  0 600.6826 1216.7037 1993.0220 2713.3706 3145.339       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
22  0 580.4407  994.0854 1881.3701 2551.0977 3104.858       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
23  0 514.5602  930.4308 1452.4218 2576.8718 3108.979 3409.341       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
24  0 295.0017  652.6900 1252.1293 1621.2101 2986.674 3293.020 3534.912       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
25  0 306.0586  628.1298  944.0977 1380.4156 1691.505 3173.182 3452.472 
3704.978       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
26  0 370.2110  589.7890  774.2219 1029.8940 1426.411 1813.891 2347.478 
3992.852 4309.935 4597.379       NA        NA        NA        NA
27  0 226.6533  480.5771  700.0599  881.4927 1149.310 1750.642 2338.048 
2664.809 4220.055 4525.838 4959.074        NA        NA        NA
28  0 139.6300  279.2600  426.0528 1070.3791 1401.887 1637.533 1857.919 
2326.503 2857.790 7751.681 8310.697  9735.137 10009.282 10302.132
29  0 193.2195  746.7581  919.7588 1088.8537 1433.440 1824.170 5500.718 
5870.687 6207.190 6479.671 6841.504  7272.666  7785.197  9494.052
30  0 238.9733  693.3732  899.4945 1049.1422 1222.770 1667.134 2124.660 
6172.640 6477.207 6839.951 7345.563  7787.369  9452.568  9776.581
31  0 294.4359  741.5590  929.8951 1143.7828 1458.367 1850.267 5410.325 
5774.742 6124.558 6411.090 6754.681  7156.565  7717.067  8235.309
32  0 257.6360  489.0948 1083.2537 1383.0705 4385.307 4711.977 5000.641 
5299.355 5638.852 6019.302 6310.700  6617.125  6994.920  7554.321
33  0 370.3541  712.7265 2233.2269 2817.7925 3214.330 4123.309 4435.882 
4721.449 4977.971 5222.833 5542.386  5911.153  6232.976  6509.439
34  0 428.3577 1611.0865 2042.9567 2545.4944 3070.002 3768.394 4303.758 
4591.564 4865.635 5106.471 5388.780  5728.222  6095.917  6375.997
35  0 712.6666 1355.7869 1651.0522 2069.5007 2573.601 3046.903 3785.599 
4291.029 4572.840 4839.566 5074.790  5321.443  5646.307  6026.280
36  0 576.9311  923.3175 1532.9022 1934.1300 2329.497 2935.214 3278.819 
4201.258 4486.279 4761.453 4992.680  5204.165  5512.152  5869.831
37  0 687.1306 1438.2095 1770.1222 2192.9917 2781.356 3148.951 4111.652 
4398.554 4676.951 4920.897 5140.822  5407.222  5744.229  6122.140
38  0 539.8671 1080.0077 2371.7589 2957.0739 3370.371 4230.967 4519.292 
4790.948 5024.581 5235.346 5555.643  5924.042  6253.966  6512.305
39  0 502.5727 1098.8807 2263.7699 2876.7800 3275.157 4196.464 4480.357 
4757.002 4986.748 5196.228 5485.442  5839.941  6197.878  6456.624
40  0 708.3758 1113.2496 2816.6642 3201.9093 4171.379 4459.573 4741.820 
4973.468 5185.521 5468.282 5820.922  6185.233  6445.831  6777.702
41  0 557.8089 1376.5757 1717.5131 3789.6367 4374.924 4661.983 4906.295 
5126.328 5366.099 5700.954 6093.895  6373.318  6662.277  7052.016
42  0 630.2661 1193.3800 1873.1848 2570.3404 4480.458 4760.433 4989.828 
5196.567 5467.604 5825.079 6199.229  6455.391  6788.114  7185.957
43  0 693.2642 1258.6225 1972.1365 2542.3680 2998.083 4954.106 5165.311 
5409.632 5760.718 6158.485 6419.620  6730.438  7126.538  7698.261
44  0 659.0779 1424.3069 1985.2594 2562.8746 2956.804 5000.693 5205.326 
5468.793 5833.932 6215.386 6468.055  6805.847  7199.270  7768.425
45  0 622.3183 1508.8291 2004.5159 2617.4568 2906.259 5105.491 5310.809 
5640.120 6037.259 6350.617 6617.429  7010.112  7567.029  7935.106
46  0 748.1320 1420.2905 1918.0444 2387.3146 2944.222 3200.280 5638.642 
6042.090 6359.177 6630.009 7026.052  7589.457  7953.123  9750.808
47  0 776.8924 1295.0113 1850.4047 2345.2464 2684.623 3198.436 3560.258 
6111.756 6406.718 6704.037 7106.426  7688.063  8020.653  9826.634
48  0 747.8301 1239.3244 1821.7368 2307.3685 2662.949 3181.705 3520.586 
6077.367 6392.165 6678.445 7082.122  7663.593  8009.702  9829.559
49  0 393.4405 1177.9598 1609.1929 2131.2111 2603.489 2973.969 3531.979 
3860.269 6685.946 7094.584 7684.306  8027.297  9845.986 10121.594
50  0 390.1414  743.8896 1481.0651 1903.5644 2440.425 2956.124 3306.767 
3835.756 4209.547 7645.069 8005.137  9831.567 10109.160        NA
51  0 362.0675  703.6954 1426.9361 1783.0602 2396.771 2841.141 3291.330 
3881.757 4126.403 7898.816 9736.808 10025.405 10748.965        NA
52  0 291.4742  618.8264  982.8837 1358.4474 2116.623 2548.785 3111.380 
3553.447 3855.896 4383.907 4684.176        NA        NA        NA
53  0 279.8816  605.5687  937.5612 1281.5761 1655.178 2415.930 2717.749 
3279.507 3763.386 4094.186 4587.000  4800.000        NA        NA
54  0 322.8420  626.1536  911.6326 1250.8055 1594.668 1888.862 2639.129 
2984.677 3518.672 3957.830 4287.510  4781.669  4999.944        NA
55  0 315.5918  650.3962  953.5294 1185.6491 1450.562 1775.865 2079.556 
2370.648 3086.402 3435.790 3939.198  4388.004        NA        NA
56  0 317.4154  613.4286  889.4016 1165.8956 1439.092 1678.931 1931.073 
2232.853 2525.786 3248.952       NA        NA        NA        NA
57  0 276.7260  531.1405  826.6545 1120.4563 1375.921 1610.042 1841.894 
2093.399 2379.462       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
58  0 244.4130  462.7608  737.0829  984.1782 1228.584 1502.651 1757.180       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
59  0 241.9073  454.8290  645.5639  889.2351 1155.662 1388.209       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
60  0 188.9915  377.9831  567.6136        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
61  0       NA        NA        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
62  0       NA        NA        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
63 NA       NA        NA        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA       
NA       NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA

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What I do not understand is why the output is triangle shaped with NA values as 
can be seen  above.
I do understand why there are NA values for relocations and the end of the 
track, probably because the animal doesn'tleave the circle with radius r. What 
I do not understand is why there are so many NA values for relocations in the 
beginning of the track because I am sure they pass the circle with radius r.

When I run the varlogfpt function I get an output but I am wondering whether 
this is a valid output because of the output (NA values) I get from the fpt 
function.

Hopefully my question is clear,

Thanks in advance,
Onno Keller

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