readme for data supporting article: From pup to predator; generalized hidden Markov models reveal rapid development of movement strategies in a naive long-lived vertebrate. Oikos Carter, MID; McClintock, BT; Embling, CB; Bennett, KA; Thompson, D; Russell, DJF. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.06853 ################################### file: pup_locs.csv file description: seal pup location data interpolated to 2 h time intervals column descriptions: REF: a unique identification code for each individual seal pup time: timestamp of the interpolated location in Epoch time (hours since 01/01/1970 00:00:00) lat: latitude of interpolated location fix lon: longitude of interpolated location fix #################################### file: pup_HMM.csv file description: input data for the generalized hidden Markov models column descriptions: REF: a unique identification code for each individual seal pup time: timestamp of the interpolated location in Epoch time (hours since 01/01/1970 00:00:00) degrees: turn angle between this location fix and the previous fix (in degrees) step: step length (distance) between this location fix and the previous fix (in metres) DIVE_perc: percentage of 2 h time interval spent diving (derived from tag summary data) HS_perc: percentage of 2 h time interval spent hauled out (derived from tag summary data) UNK_perc: percentage of 2 h time interval with unknown dive or haul out percentages (0 or 100) flag: flag intervals for which no relaible state estimate can be generated. 0 if all dive and haulout data are present, 1 if there are missing data, or first entry in time series (i.e. no previous location to calculate step / turn data) days_at_sea: number of integer days since pup left the natal colony region: geographic region of the pup's natal colony (either Scotland or Wales) sex: sex of pup (either m or f) ######################################