Andrea Machado Costa

1 Introduction Understanding how animals move through their environment is central to ecology and conservation. Movement determines access to resources and mates, exposure to threats and ultimately population persistence. A key spatial concept is the home range, that is, the area in which an individual performs its regular activities (Burt 1943).

Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Supporting Information Filename Description jbmb35478-sup-0001-FigureS1-2.docxWord 2007 document , 103.4 KB Figure S1. FTIR spectra of alginate microspheres containing (a) apatite nanoparticles synthetized at 5°C and (b) apatite nanoparticles synthetized at 90°C. Figure S2. FTIR spectra of sodium alginate (Sigma-Aldrich, (cod. A1112)). jbmb35478-sup-0002-FigureS3.docxWord 2007 document , 198.5 KB Figure S3.