AUTHOR=Thums Michele , Fernández-Gracia Juan , Sequeira Ana M. M. , Eguíluz Víctor M. , Duarte Carlos M. , Meekan Mark G. TITLE=How Big Data Fast Tracked Human Mobility Research and the Lessons for Animal Movement Ecology JOURNAL=Frontiers in Marine Science VOLUME=5 YEAR=2018 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00021 DOI=10.3389/fmars.2018.00021 ISSN=2296-7745 ABSTRACT=

The rise of the internet coupled with technological innovations such as smartphones have generated massive volumes of geo-referenced data (big data) on human mobility. This has allowed the number of studies of human mobility to rapidly overtake those of animal movement. Today, telemetry studies of animals are also approaching big data status. Here, we review recent advances in studies of human mobility and identify the opportunities they present for advancing our understanding of animal movement. We describe key analytical techniques, potential bottlenecks and a roadmap for progress toward a synthesis of movement patterns of wild animals.