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roostR: An R package to examine diel activity patterns from Motus radio telemetry data

1. Monitoring the diel activity patterns of free-living animals is a methodological challenge. Signal strength fluctuations from Very High Frequency (VHF) radio transmitters deployed within the Motus Wildlife Tracking System can be used as a proxy for activity. However, analytical tools to extract behavioral metrics that quantify activity patterns from these data are needed. 2. We developed…

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