Dynamic visualization of animal movement data and environmental variables

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This animation shows the movements of adult Galapagos albatrosses making foraging trips to the west coast of South America during the breeding season in 2008. The color and thickness of the track lines indicates the net primary productivity, wind speed, flying speed, and tailwind (see legend in the video for details). By comparing the birds' movements with estimates of primary productivity (which represent food availability) we can see why these parents fly so far to feed their babies!

The animation was created by Glenn Xavier and Somayeh Dodge and was presented at the Symposium on Animal Movement and the Environment in Raleigh, NC, May 2014.

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