authority: geo-bon
slug: movement
name: Movement
domain: biodiversity
subdomain: species-traits
authority_id: geo-bon:movement
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: null
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: null
    entity: null
  dwc_terms:
    - dwc:scientificName
    - dwc:taxonID
    - dwc:organismID
    - dwc:occurrenceID
    - dwc:decimalLatitude
    - dwc:decimalLongitude
    - dwc:eventDate
canonical_units: varies (m, m s^-1, km)
description: |
  Active displacement of individuals through space — migration paths, home-range
  geometry, dispersal distances, and behavioural state derived from telemetry,
  bio-logging, and citizen-science resightings. Movebank is the dominant
  archive; MOVE2GBIF bridges to Darwin Core.
theme: biodiversity
demos: []
status: stub
sources:
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/what-are-ebvs/
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/species-traits/
  - Kays et al. 2022 (Movebank as global movement archive)
  - Pereira et al. 2013, Science 339, 277-278 (doi:10.1126/science.1229931)