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View article: A blessing and a curse: Human resources are beneficial but human presence is detrimental for the growth and development of <i>Argya squamiceps</i> (Arabian Babbler)
A blessing and a curse: Human resources are beneficial but human presence is detrimental for the growth and development of <i>Argya squamiceps</i> (Arabian Babbler) Open
Human modifications to the environment are having a dramatic effect on biodiversity, but in desert habitats the high abundance of resources near human villages may be beneficial to breeding birds. By collecting high-throughput tracking dat…
An information theory framework for hierarchical path segmentation and analysis of animal movement Open
Improved animal tracking technologies provide opportunities for novel segmentation of movement tracks/paths into both behavioral activity modes (BAMs; e.g., foraging, resting, commuting) and finer segments critical to our understanding of …
Strong Anomalous Diffusion for Free-Ranging Birds Open
Diffusion and anomalous diffusion are widely observed and used to study movement across organisms, resulting in extensive use of the mean and mean-squared displacement,. However, these measures, corresponding to specific displacement momen…
Algorithms for Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Location Estimation Open
For three decades, carrier-phase observations have been used to obtain the most accurate location estimates using global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). These estimates are computed by minimizing a nonlinear mixed-integer least-square…
The value of human resources changes with season for a social desert passerine bird Open
For desert species, human development may buffer against resource scarcity by providing reliable resources in an otherwise stark environment. We used high-throughput tracking technology to explore the movement patterns of a social desert p…
Pathogen-induced alterations in fine-scale movement behaviour predict impaired reproductive success Open
Pathogens play an important role in ecosystems and may impair fitness-enhancing activities such as foraging. However, the sublethal effects of pathogens on host movement behaviour and their subsequent impacts on reproductive success are po…
Onboard recordings reveal how bats maneuver under severe acoustic interference Open
Echolocating bats rely on active acoustic sensing to perceive their environment. When multiple bats fly together, echolocating simultaneously, the calls emitted by nearby conspecifics could interfere with and mask the echoes necessary for …
Homing through ecological barriers in Balkan pond turtles Open
Homing behaviour, the tendency to return home from a place outside an individual’s home, requires an ability to navigate by integrating inputs from natural cues. While navigation has been extensively studied, it remains taxonomically biase…
Ecosystem services of insectivorous bats in intensively managed arable land benefit from adjacent near-natural areas Open
Ecosystem services provided by insectivorous bats are an important yet underappreciated economic benefit of biodiversity. To investigate what is needed to maintain these services, we asked whether bat-mediated ecosystem services depend on …
Parallel-in-Time Kalman Smoothing Using Orthogonal Transformations Open
We present a numerically-stable parallel-in-time linear Kalman smoother. The smoother uses a novel highly-parallel QR factorization for a class of structured sparse matrices for state estimation, and an adaptation of the SelInv selective-i…
Combining radio-telemetry and radar measurements to test optimal foraging in an aerial insectivore bird Open
Optimal foraging theory posits that foragers adjust their movements based on prey abundance to optimize food intake. While extensively studied in terrestrial and marine environments, aerial foraging has remained relatively unexplored due t…
A Review of Miniature Radio Transmitters for Wildlife Tracking Open
This article surveys the literature on miniature radio transmitters designed to track free-ranging wild animals using emitter-localization techniques. The articles covers the topics of power sources used in such transmitters, including min…
Combining radio-telemetry and radar measurements to test optimal foraging in an aerial insectivore bird Open
Summary Optimal foraging theory posits that foragers adjust their movements based on prey abundance to optimize food intake. While extensively studied in terrestrial and marine environments, aerial foraging has remained relatively unexplor…
Social, environmental, and developmental factors affect the microbiota of barn owls (Tyto alba) in a cross-fostering experiment Open
Background Species host diverse microbial communities that can impact their digestion and health, which has led to much interest in understanding the factors that influence their microbiota. We studied the developmental, environmental, and…
Combining radio-telemetry and radar measurements to test optimal foraging in an aerial insectivore bird Open
Summary Optimal foraging theory posits that foragers adjust their movements based on prey abundance to optimize food intake. While extensively studied in terrestrial and marine environments, aerial foraging has remained relatively unexplor…
Strong anomalous diffusion for free-ranging birds Open
Diffusion and anomalous diffusion are widely observed and used to study movement across organisms, resulting in extensive use of the mean and mean-squared displacement (MSD). However, these measures - corresponding to specific displacement…
The statistical building blocks of animal movement simulations Open
Animal movement plays a key role in many ecological processes and has a direct influence on an individual’s fitness at several scales of analysis (i.e., next-step, subdiel, day-by-day, seasonal). This highlights the need to dissect movemen…
Spatial memory obviates following behaviour in an information centre of wild fruit bats Open
According to the information centre hypothesis (ICH), colonial species use social information in roosts to locate ephemeral resources. Validating the ICH necessitates showing that uninformed individuals follow informed ones to the new reso…
An Information Theory Framework for Movement Path Segmentation and Analysis Open
Improved animal tracking technologies provide opportunities for novel segmentation of movement tracks/paths into behavioral activity modes (BAMs) critical to understanding the ecology of individuals and the functioning of ecosystems. Curre…
Combining radio-telemetry and radar measurements to test optimal foraging in an aerial insectivore bird Open
Optimal foraging theory posits that foragers adjust their movements based on prey abundance to optimize food intake. While extensively studied in terrestrial and marine environments, aerial foraging has remained relatively unexplored due t…
Reviewer #1 (Public Review): Combining radio-telemetry and radar measurements to test optimal foraging in an aerial insectivore bird Open
Optimal foraging theory posits that foragers adjust their movements based on prey abundance to optimize food intake. While extensively studied in terrestrial and marine environments, aerial foraging has remained relatively unexplored due t…
Combining radio-telemetry and radar measurements to test optimal foraging in an aerial insectivore bird Open
Summary Optimal foraging theory posits that foragers adjust their movements based on prey abundance to optimize food intake. While extensively studied in terrestrial and marine environments, aerial foraging has remained relatively unexplor…
Reviewer #2 (Public Review): Combining radio-telemetry and radar measurements to test optimal foraging in an aerial insectivore bird Open
Optimal foraging theory posits that foragers adjust their movements based on prey abundance to optimize food intake. While extensively studied in terrestrial and marine environments, aerial foraging has remained relatively unexplored due t…
Environmental factors influencing red knot (<i>Calidris canutus islandica</i>) departure times of relocation flights within the non‐breeding period Open
Deciding when to depart on long‐distance, sometimes global, movements can be especially important for flying species. Adverse weather conditions can affect energetic flight costs and navigational ability. While departure timings and condit…