Closing the air gap: the use of drones for studying wildlife ecophysiology

A Yaney‐Keller, RR McIntosh, RH Clarke… - Biological …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Techniques for non‐invasive sampling of ecophysiological data in wild animals have been
developed in response to challenges associated with studying captive animals or using …

[HTML][HTML] Growing into it: evidence of an ontogenetic shift in grey whale use of foraging tactics

CN Bird, E Pirotta, L New, KC Bierlich, M Donnelly… - Animal Behaviour, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•We used drones to measure behaviour and morphology of eastern grey
whales.•Whale foraging behaviours were associated with morphology and habitat …

Drone-based photogrammetry reveals differences in humpback whale body condition and mass across North Atlantic foraging grounds

C Napoli, N Hirtle, J Stepanuk… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Baleen whales are key consumers in marine ecosystems and can serve as ecosystem
sentinels. Body condition, defined as an individual's energy stores relative to its structural …

Automated body length and body condition measurements of whales from drone videos for rapid assessment of population health

KC Bierlich, S Karki, CN Bird, A Fern… - Marine Mammal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring body length and body condition of individuals helps determine overall population
health and assess adaptation to environmental changes. Aerial photogrammetry from drone …

Inferring dolphin population status: using unoccupied aerial systems to quantify age‐structure

F Vivier, C Andrés, J Gonzalvo, K Fertitta… - Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Assessing trends in population abundance and demographics is crucial for managing long‐
lived and slow‐reproducing species. Obtaining demographic data, and age‐structure …

Using accelerometry tags to quantify gray whale foraging behavior

KM Colson, E Pirotta, L New, DE Cade… - Marine Mammal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
High‐resolution tri‐axial accelerometry biologging tags have quantitatively described
behaviors in baleen whale species that forage using lunges and continuous ram filtration …

Variation in faecal testosterone levels in male gray whales on a foraging ground relative to maturity and timing

A Fernandez Ajó, CL Buck, KE Hunt… - Conservation …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Understanding wildlife reproductive seasonality is crucial for effective management and long-
term monitoring of species. This study investigates the seasonal variability of testosterone in …

LidarBoX: a 3D-printed, open-source altimeter system to improve photogrammetric accuracy for off-the-shelf drones

KC Bierlich, D Wengrove, CN Bird… - Drone Systems and …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Drones provide a privileged birds'-eye view for collecting high-resolution imagery for
morphometric and behavioral sampling of animals. Biologically meaningful measurements …

Análisis molecular del fungoma de especies marinas, centinelas costeros

MAO Díaz - 2024 - ri-ng.uaq.mx
El microbioma comprende a microorganismos simbiontes y sus interacciones con el
hospedero que co-modulan su fisiología. Las bacterias se han estudiado más, y los hongos …

Characterizing the habitat use of Pacific Coast Feeding Group gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) and the spatial and temporal variability of their benthic and …

RE Norman - 2024 - digitalcommons.humboldt.edu
As opportunistic foragers, the Eastern North Pacific population (~ 20,000) of gray whales
(Eschrichtius robustus) feed on diverse benthic and planktonic invertebrates in northern …