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If you use MagGeo in your research, please cite both the original research paper and the software package.

Primary Citation (Required)

Original Research Paper

Benitez-Paez, F., Brum-Bastos, V.d., Beggan, C.D. et al. Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the study of animal migration. Mov Ecol 9, 31 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00268-4

Citation Formats

APA Style

Benitez-Paez, F., Brum-Bastos, V. d., Beggan, C. D., Long, J. A., & Demšar, U. (2021). 
Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the study of animal migration. 
Movement Ecology, 9(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00268-4

MLA Style

Benitez-Paez, Fernando, et al. "Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data 
for the study of animal migration." Movement Ecology, vol. 9, no. 1, 2021, p. 31. 
Springer, doi:10.1186/s40462-021-00268-4.

Chicago Style

Benitez-Paez, Fernando, Vanessa da Silva Brum-Bastos, Ciarán D. Beggan, Jed A. Long, 
and Urška Demšar. "Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the 
study of animal migration." Movement Ecology 9, no. 1 (2021): 31. 
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00268-4.

IEEE Style

F. Benitez-Paez, V. d. Brum-Bastos, C. D. Beggan, J. A. Long, and U. Demšar, 
"Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the study of animal migration," 
Mov. Ecol., vol. 9, no. 1, p. 31, 2021, doi: 10.1186/s40462-021-00268-4.

Nature Style

Benitez-Paez, F., Brum-Bastos, V. d., Beggan, C. D., Long, J. A. & Demšar, U. 
Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the study of animal migration. 
Mov. Ecol. 9, 31 (2021).

Science Style

F. Benitez-Paez, V. d. Brum-Bastos, C. D. Beggan, J. A. Long, U. Demšar, 
Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the study of animal migration. 
Mov. Ecol. 9, 31 (2021).

BibTeX Entry

@article{benitez2021fusion,
  title={Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the study of animal migration},
  author={Benitez-Paez, Fernando and Brum-Bastos, Vanessa da Silva and Beggan, Ciar{\'a}n D and Long, Jed A and Dem{\v{s}}ar, Ur{\v{s}}ka},
  journal={Movement Ecology},
  volume={9},
  number={1},
  pages={31},
  year={2021},
  publisher={Springer},
  doi={10.1186/s40462-021-00268-4},
  url={https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00268-4}
}

MagGeo Software Package

When citing the software implementation, please also include:

Benitez-Paez, F., Demšar, U., Long, J. A., & Beggan, C. D. (2025). MagGeo: A Python package for fusion of GPS trajectories and satellite geomagnetic data (Version 0.2.0) [Computer software]. https://github.com/MagGeo/MagGeo

Software BibTeX

@software{maggeo2025,
  author={Benitez-Paez, Fernando and Dem{\v{s}}ar, Ur{\v{s}}ka and Long, Jed A and Beggan, Ciar{\'a}n D},
  title={MagGeo: A Python package for fusion of GPS trajectories and satellite geomagnetic data},
  version={0.2.0},
  year={2025},
  url={https://github.com/MagGeo/MagGeo},
  note={Python package}
}

Complete Citation Example

For comprehensive attribution, use both citations:

This research utilized MagGeo (Benitez-Paez et al., 2025), a Python package implementing 
the methodology described in Benitez-Paez et al. (2021) for fusing wildlife tracking 
and satellite geomagnetic data.

References:
Benitez-Paez, F., Brum-Bastos, V. d., Beggan, C. D., Long, J. A., & Demšar, U. (2021). 
Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the study of animal migration. 
Movement Ecology, 9(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00268-4

Benitez-Paez, F., Demšar, U., Long, J. A., & Beggan, C. D. (2025). MagGeo: A Python 
package for fusion of GPS trajectories and satellite geomagnetic data (Version 0.2.0) 
[Computer software]. https://github.com/MagGeo/MagGeo

License and Attribution

MagGeo is released under the MIT License, which allows free use with proper attribution. The citation requirements are for academic courtesy and scientific reproducibility, not legal obligations.

Contributing to Citations

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Additional References

If your research builds on related geomagnetic or movement ecology work, consider also citing:

Swarm Mission: 

Friis-Christensen, E., Lühr, H., & Hulot, G. (2006). Swarm: A constellation to study 
the Earth's magnetic field. Earth, Planets and Space, 58(4), 351-358.

VirES Platform: 

Olsen, N., Albini, G., Bouffard, J., et al. (2013). Magnetic observations from ESA's 
Swarm satellites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 368, 44-52.

CHAOS Geomagnetic Model: 

Finlay, C. C., Olsen, N., Kotsiaros, S., Gillet, N., & Tøffner-Clausen, L. (2016). 
Recent geomagnetic secular variation from Swarm and ground observatories as estimated 
in the CHAOS-6 geomagnetic field model. Earth, Planets and Space, 68(1), 112.

Questions?

For questions about citation or attribution: - Email: fernando.benitez@st-andrews.ac.uk - GitHub Issues: MagGeo Repository - Academic Collaboration: Contact for potential research partnerships

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