Observing the unwatchable: Integrating automated sensing, naturalistic observations and animal social network analysis in the age of big data

JE Smith, N Pinter‐Wollman - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the 4.5 decades since Altmann (1974) published her seminal paper on the methods for
the observational study of behaviour, automated detection and analysis of social interaction …

Wildlife diseases: from individuals to ecosystems

DM Tompkins, AM Dunn, MJ Smith… - Journal of Animal …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We review our ecological understanding of wildlife infectious diseases from the individual
host to the ecosystem scale, highlighting where conceptual thinking lacks verification …

[BOOK][B] Animal movement: statistical models for telemetry data

MB Hooten, DS Johnson, BT McClintock, JM Morales - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
The study of animal movement has always been a key element in ecological science,
because it is inherently linked to critical processes that scale from individuals to populations …

Monitoring animal behaviour and environmental interactions using wireless sensor networks, GPS collars and satellite remote sensing

RN Handcock, DL Swain, GJ Bishop-Hurley… - Sensors, 2009 - mdpi.com
Remote monitoring of animal behaviour in the environment can assist in managing both the
animal and its environmental impact. GPS collars which record animal locations with high …

Contact networks in a wild Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) population: using social network analysis to reveal seasonal variability in social behaviour and its …

RK Hamede, J Bashford, H McCallum… - Ecology letters, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The structure of the contact network between individuals has a profound effect on the
transmission of infectious disease. Using a novel technology–proximity sensing radio collars …

Reality mining of animal social systems

J Krause, S Krause, R Arlinghaus, I Psorakis… - Trends in ecology & …, 2013 - cell.com
The increasing miniaturisation of animal-tracking technology has made it possible to gather
exceptionally detailed machine-sensed data on the social dynamics of almost entire …

Challenges and solutions for studying collective animal behaviour in the wild

LF Hughey, AM Hein… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mobile animal groups provide some of the most compelling examples of self-organization in
the natural world. While field observations of songbird flocks wheeling in the sky or anchovy …

Analysis and visualisation of movement: an interdisciplinary review

U Demšar, K Buchin, F Cagnacci, K Safi… - Movement ecology, 2015 - Springer
The processes that cause and influence movement are one of the main points of enquiry in
movement ecology. However, ecology is not the only discipline interested in movement: a …

Using contact networks to explore mechanisms of parasite transmission in wildlife

LA White, JD Forester, ME Craft - Biological Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A hallmark assumption of traditional approaches to disease modelling is that
individuals within a given population mix uniformly and at random. However, this …

Interdisciplinary approaches for the management of existing and emerging human–wildlife conflicts

PCL White, AI Ward - Wildlife Research, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
Human–wildlife conflicts are increasing throughout the world, principally due to a
combination of human population growth, increased pressure on land and natural resources …