The previous chapter provided the theoretical and technical basis for the Time-Plot family. Now I would like to apply it to real biological data. This will illustrate and verify the methods introduced and will provide a first test whether they can function as useful instruments to a wildlife researcher.
I will use data from five species of animals in the following sections: four woodstorks Mycteria americana , an ant Formicidae, four lynx Lynx lynx and a greater mouse-eard bat Myotis myotis. The first data set was collected by a research group using satellite telemetry. The last two data sets were collected by researchers using traditional radiotelemetry installations, one using hand-held antennas, the others using fixed towers for collecting the bat's locations.
In my experience the TT-plots need some time to get familiarized
with. I will therefore put the main focus in this chapter on the
application of TT-plots, mainly TT-
plots.