'We advise the authors to find a native English speaker to proofread the manuscript'. This is
a standard feedback journals give to non-native English speakers. Journals are justifiably …

Biometric identification techniques such as photo-identification require an array of unique
natural markings to identify individuals. From 1975 to present, Bigg's killer whales have …

Photo-identification is a commonly used non-invasive technique that has been profitably
employed in biological studies throughout the years. It starts from the assumption that a …

Photo-identification is used for individual recognition of several animal species. It gives the
possibility to take photos of large species from a distance or to avoid invasive marking …

Reliably marking larvae and reidentifying them after metamorphosis is a challenge that has
hampered studies on recruitment, dispersal, migration and survivorship of amphibians for a …

The identification of individual animals in a population (usually achieved through marking)
aids in acquiring accurate estimates of population size in ecological studies. In reptiles …

Photo-identification allows individual recognition of animal species based on natural marks,
being an alternative to other more stressful artificial tagging/marking techniques. An …

Infectious disease systems frequently exhibit strong seasonal patterns, yet the mechanisms
that underpin intra‐annual cycles are unclear, particularly in tropical regions. We …

Mark-recapture methods used in population demography studies involve marking of
animals, such as tagging, notching, and tattooing. These techniques are invasive and …

The use of individual phenotypic features as non-invasive marks through photo-identification
(photo-ID) has many advantages for individual-based field studies. However, since error …