Advances in image acquisition and processing technologies transforming animal ecological studies
S Nazir, M Kaleem - Ecological Informatics, 2021 - Elsevier
Images and videos have become pervasive in ecological research and the ease of acquiring
image data and its subsequent processing can provide answers in research areas such as …
image data and its subsequent processing can provide answers in research areas such as …
Beyond the chicken: alternative avian models for developmental physiological research
J Flores-Santin, WW Burggren - Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biomedical research focusing on physiological, morphological, behavioral, and other
aspects of development has long depended upon the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) as …
aspects of development has long depended upon the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) as …
Species in the faeces: DNA metabarcoding as a method to determine the diet of the endangered yellow-eyed penguin
MJ Young, L Dutoit, F Robertson, Y van Heezik… - Wildlife …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Context. Diet variability is a significant driver of seabird decline; however, data on seabird
diet composition and trends have been affected by changes in precision and resolution …
diet composition and trends have been affected by changes in precision and resolution …
Critical summer foraging tradeoffs in a subarctic ungulate
L Ehlers, G Coulombe, J Herriges… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Summer diets are crucial for large herbivores in the subarctic and are affected by weather,
harassment from insects and a variety of environmental changes linked to climate. Yet …
harassment from insects and a variety of environmental changes linked to climate. Yet …
Tracking seabirds for conservation and marine spatial planning
In the past three decades scientists have been equipping free-living seabirds with bio-
logging devices to provide information about their behaviour in unprecedented detail …
logging devices to provide information about their behaviour in unprecedented detail …
GPS telemetry for small seabirds: using hidden Markov models to infer foraging behaviour of Common Diving Petrels (Pelecanoides urinatrix urinatrix)
ABSTRACT Common Diving Petrels (Pelecanoides urinatrix urinatrix) are distributed widely
around coastal New Zealand and breed primarily on predator-free offshore islands. Despite …
around coastal New Zealand and breed primarily on predator-free offshore islands. Despite …
Serendipitous observations from animal-borne video loggers reveal synchronous diving and equivalent simultaneous prey capture rates in chinstrap penguins
JT Hinke, TM Russell, VR Hermanson, L Brazier… - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
Seabirds often engage in coordinated, cooperative foraging to improve detection and
capture of prey. An extreme example of such coordinated behavior is synchronicity, whereby …
capture of prey. An extreme example of such coordinated behavior is synchronicity, whereby …
Habitat selection and influence on hunting success in female Australian fur seals
Determining the factors influencing habitat selection and hunting success in top predators is
crucial for understanding how these species may respond to environmental changes. For …
crucial for understanding how these species may respond to environmental changes. For …
The role of conspecifics during pelagic foraging of Magellanic and benthic foraging of Gentoo penguins in the Beagle Channel, Argentina
Seabirds coexist within colonies yet the role of conspecifics, whilst foraging is still poorly
understood. In the 2019/20 and 2020/21 breeding seasons Magellanic penguins …
understood. In the 2019/20 and 2020/21 breeding seasons Magellanic penguins …
A method to estimate prey density from single-camera images: A case study with chinstrap penguins and Antarctic krill
Estimating the densities of marine prey observed in animal-borne video loggers when
encountered by foraging predators represents an important challenge for understanding …
encountered by foraging predators represents an important challenge for understanding …