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Table 1 Summary of the presence and pseudo-absence data used in this study, and their associated research question

From: Using pseudo-absence models to test for environmental selection in marine movement ecology: the importance of sample size and selection strength

Presence

Pseudo-absence

Research question

Synthetic tracks (Biased Random Walk, \(\kappa = 20\))

Brownian motion, Lévy walk, CRW & JCRW

Can this method detect strong environmental selection?

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Synthetic tracks (Biased Random Walk, \(\kappa = 0.25\))

Brownian motion, Lévy walk, CRW & JCRW

Can this method detect weak environmental selection?

Synthetic tracks (Biased Random Walk, \(\kappa = 0\))

Brownian motion, Lévy walk, CRW & JCRW

Can this method detect the absence of environmental selection?

Blue shark tracks

Brownian motion, Lévy walk, CRW & JCRW

Do blue sharks select for particular SST conditions?