Variogram subsample or dt?

[Sonni B]

Hi CTMM enthusiasts,

I have a question about variograms and data subsetting. I tracked bats using manual VHF telemetry, so we didn't track during the day when bats were inactive in their roosts. As a result, my individual variograms look something like below, where there's that large gap with no observations. Should I resolve this with a dt argument, subsetting by night, or leaving it be? 

My variogram code is: 

vars <- lapply(bats, variogram, CI="Gauss", fast= F, res =2, error=T)

Thanks for any help,

Sonni

[Christen Fleming]

Hi Sonni,

I use the dt argument to make it look nicer if you have collected multiple days worth of data to view. This doesn't modify the data in any way for the model fitting, so you can do whatever you want to make it look nicer.

Best,

Chris