Fig. 8

Figure depicting: a GPS data for a white nosed coati (Nasua narica) tracked on Barro Colorado Island, Panama; (b) the total distance traveled estimated via conventional straight line displacement (SLD), model-smoothed SLD, and continuous-time speed and distance estimation (CTSD) approach using progressively thinned data; (c) the daily distance traveled again using conventional SLD, model-smoothed SLD, and CTSD; and (d) CTSD instantaneous speed estimates, ±95% CIs, averaged over a 24hr cycle. The gray circles in panel (a) depict the 50% error circles for GPS location estimates, the trajectory the most likely path (MLP) between those locations, colored by the instantaneous speed estimates, while the gray shading in panel (d) depicts nighttime. Note how the animal’s trajectory does not necessarily move through the center of each location, as measurement error is accounted for when estimating the MLP. In panel (d) one can see how the coati tends to only move during daylight hours, and becomes stationary at night. However, note the appropriately wide CIs during the night time as the GPS unit was programmed to turn off after sundown