Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
About Animove: Animal Movement and Earth Observation Training
AniMove is a collective of international researchers with extensive experience in the topics of animal movement analysis, remote sensing and conservation. AniMove is a two-week intensive training course for studying animal movement in conjunction with environmental parameters derived from remote sensing for conservation application. AniMove is a non-profit training initiative run by volunteers of various organisations such as Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, University of Würzburg, German Aerospace Center, Smithsonian, INRAe and Senckenberg (BIK-F).
Intense training activity and networking opportunity
AniMove is aiming at providing theory and practical approaches to use animal movement, modelling and remote sensing for Biodiversity research and Conservation. Only OpenSource software will be used and as far as possible also only OpenAccess data.
All members of AniMove have long experiences in teaching these topics and are highly committed to support and develop interdisciplinary collaboration in order to provide valuable insights for conservation application and biodiversity research.
Knowledge about applying remote sensing and GIS within Biodiversity research and Conservation application will be taught using OpenSource software only (R, GRASS, QGIS), moreover the basic and advanced skills to handle remote sensing and GIS data plus developing new ecological relevant data sets are covered as well. Spatial modelling techniques (SDMs, Species Distribution Models, using e.g. RandomForest, GLM, GAM or MaxEnt) are covered by AniMove as well, however the main focus will be on analysing animal movement patterns in conjunction with spatial environmental data sets using e.g. step selection function, BCPA, BB.
All these technical expertise are embedded in conservation frameworks in order to ensure the real world applicability.
Join our workshop in Costa Rica from the 30th of November until the 13th of December 2025.
A programme with leading researchers for you to expand your knowledge and to take the opportunity to form networks and friendships with academics and students from around the world. Our workshop will take place at the Organization for Tropical Studies, La Selva Research Station. Nearest international airport is Juan Santamaria International in San Jose.
This course is recommended for people with advanced to very advanced programming skill level in R. (PhD, Postdoc and Professionals).
Requirements for application
- A letter of interest including your expectations towards the course
- Your CV
- A description of your data and research questions that you hope to address during Animove
(Due to the usual high volume of applications, which exceeds our capacity by 4 to 6 times, we regret to inform you that incomplete applications will not be considered.)
eLearning
Find lecture recordings and downloads during AniMove 2024
https://animove.org/lecture-recordings-2024/
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