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Understanding the movement ecology of marine megaplanktivores is essential for conserving these ecologically significant species and managing their responses to environmental change. While telemetry has advanc...
Mature walleye (Sander vitreus) that spawn in the Trent River conduct long-distance annual migrations into eastern Lake Ontario that begin and end in the Bay of Quinte. This scale of movement likely reflects seas...
Biologging devices have been used to provide critical insights into the ecology of many animal taxa and are particularly valuable when studying species that are difficult to observe directly, like sea turtles....
Passive acoustic telemetry is a method used to quantify residency within an array of receivers, but this technology has limitations for capturing complex behaviors in sharks: pulse delays and detection range d...
Researching the movement patterns of fossorial animals and mapping of burrow systems presents a significant challenge due to the difficulty of direct observation and the limitations of most tracking systems to...
Conserving marine predators is tantamount to maintaining functional marine ecosystems. Though intensively studied in other regions, little is known about at-sea movements and diving behaviors of a recovering p...
Effective conservation requires understanding the behavior of the targeted species. However, some species can be difficult to observe in the wild, which is why GPS collars and other telemetry devices can be us...
Although steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a culturally and recreational important species throughout North America, less is known about its ocean than its freshwater ecology. To provide insights into migratory ...
There is considerable interest in the suitability of the farm-flock Katahdin hair sheep breed for large-scale extensive range sheep production systems. Flocking behavior or “flockability”, a measure of gregari...
In birds, the onset of dispersal is the transition point between the end of the post-fledging dependence period (PFDP) and the beginning of natal dispersal. Identifying this key moment in an individual’s life ...
Biologging studies rely on the assumption that equipped animal behaviours are representative of the ones displayed by unequipped individuals. Identifying any tagging effects is therefore necessary to correctly...
In wildlife studies, animal behavior serves as a key indicator of the impact of environmental changes and anthropogenic disturbances. However, wild animals are elusive and traditional GPS studies only provide ...
The original article was published in Animal Biotelemetry 2024 12:6
The collection of wildlife tracking information throughout a species’ entire life cycle is important for comprehensive ecological elucidation and the establishment of practical protected areas. Although streak...
Many ecologically and commercially important species occur in the epipelagic marine environment and have been observed to spend a considerable amount of time associating with surface structure. The bottom dept...
The lack of compatibility between acoustic telemetry equipment from different manufacturers has been a major obstacle to consolidating large collaborative tracking networks. Undisclosed encrypted signal coding...
The number of telemetry studies focused on lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in the Laurentian Great Lakes has steadily increased over the last decade, but field tests of immobilization methods used for tag...
Passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags are widely used to track animal movements and survival. Rigorous testing protocols are necessary to ensure reliability in PIT tag performance and resulting data across...
The comprehensive study of organisms is often hindered by the difficulty of consistently capturing, detecting, and tracking all life stages and age classes. This challenge is particularly pronounced for aquati...
Rapid global expansion of offshore wind farms, tidal, and wave technologies signifies a new era of renewable energy development. While a promising means to combat the impacts of climate change, such developmen...
Despite considerable research on nest site selection of diamondback terrapins and the risks that coastal roads pose to populations of this obligate estuarine turtle, there are gaps in our understanding of move...
Juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), known as post-smolt as they enter the sea, undergo an arduous migration from their natal rivers to their feeding grounds in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has become increasi...
The use of virtual fencing in cattle farming is beneficial due to its flexibility, not fragmenting the landscape or restricting access like physical fences. Using GPS (Global Positioning System) technology, vi...
Triaxial accelerometers have revolutionized wildlife research by providing an unprecedented understanding of the behavior of free-living animals. Machine learning is often applied to acceleration data to class...
Animal habitat use can be influenced by a suite of factors including intraspecific interactions and resource availability. The broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) is the largest crocodylian species distribu...
Modern biologging technologies allow researchers to gain a better understanding of animal movements, offering opportunities to measure survival and remotely study the breeding success of wild birds, i.e., by l...
Studying movement patterns of individual animals over time can give insight into how they interact with the environment and optimize foraging strategies. Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) undertake long se...
Studies describing the movement of free-ranging animals often use remotely collected global positioning system (GPS) data. However, such data typically only include intermittent positional information, with a ...
Telemetry studies on terrestrial mammals have been carried out almost exclusively using neck collar-mounted devices. However, collars are not suitable for all species and all age classes and may therefore comp...
GPS tags have become a common tool in ecological studies of animal behaviour and demography despite previous research indicating negative impacts on vital rates across a variety of taxa. Many researchers face ...
Acoustic telemetry is a common tool used in fisheries management to estimate fish space use (i.e., occupancy) from a local habitat scale to entire systems. Numerous analytical models have been developed to est...
Automated radio telemetry (ART) systems enable high-temporal resolution data collection for species unsuited to satellite-based methods. A challenge of ART systems is estimating the location of radio tagged an...
Seabirds like penguins and petrels, living in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions, often feed hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away from the islands where they breed. They therefore adapted to endure p...
Understanding how free-ranging animals behave can help in the design of optimal management strategies to both conserve species and enable individuals to express natural behaviours, maximising welfare. Animal-b...
Range tests play a critical role in designing acoustic telemetry studies, guiding equipment configuration, deployment techniques, and the analysis of animal movement data. These studies often strive to capture...
The study of animal movement provides insights into underlying ecological processes and informs analyses of behaviour and resource use, which have implications for species management and conservation. The tool...
Acoustic telemetry can provide valuable space-use data for a range of marine species. Yet the deployment of species-specific arrays over vast areas to gather data on highly migratory vertebrates poses formidab...
Proximity loggers are a biotelemetry technology used to quantify animal–animal interactions non-invasively. They are small devices can be affixed to a target animal and detects and records if another device is...
To reduce heat loss underwater, marine mammals cover their bodies with insulation. Cetaceans in particular rely solely on blubber for insulation which has low conductivity. Blubber establishes a great thermal ...
Octopuses are amongst the most fascinating animals in our oceans; however, while their intricate behaviours are often studied in laboratory settings, basic aspects of their movement ecology remain unstudied in...
Stingless bees are vital pollinators and honey producers in the tropics. Research on stingless bees is generally underrepresented compared to the western honeybees, and while stingless bee studies from some re...
The advent of telemetry has revolutionized wildlife research in recent decades. For telemetry to be effective, transmitting devices must remain attached to study animals throughout a period of interest and wit...
Domestic cats (Felis catus) thrive at high densities alongside humans in urban and rural environments and are responsible for excessive wildlife predation worldwide. As urbanisation and farmland expands, and dome...
Automated radio telemetry systems have become a popular and invaluable tool in tracking the activity and movement of wild animals. However, many environmental conditions can hinder accuracy when tracking with ...
Small- to medium-sized shorebirds (< 200 g) can be particularly difficult to track with electronic devices due to their small size and long-distance migrations which place restrictions on device weight and siz...
GPS-transmitters enable detailed study of animal behaviour but may impact the animals. Impacts vary from short-term stress and habituation to longer-term effects on e.g., migration and reproduction. To study i...
Monitoring movement across an organism’s ontogeny is often challenging, particularly for long-lived or wide-ranging species. When empirical data are unavailable, general knowledge about species’ ecology may be...
Acoustic telemetry is an important tool to study the movement of aquatic animals. However, studies have focussed on particular groups of easily tagged species. The development of effective tagging methods for ...
Climate change is reshaping Bering Sea crab distributions and recent population declines have elevated the urgency in understanding spatial dynamics in relation to management boundaries. While pop-up satellite...
To tag large marine vertebrates, without the need to catch them, avoiding using barbs for tag retention, and precisely controlling tag location, the remote Tag Attachment Device on a pole (TADpole) was develop...
The Correction to this article has been published in Animal Biotelemetry 2025 13:3
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