An Arduino-based RFID platform for animal research

ES Bridge, J Wilhelm, MM Pandit, A Moreno… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been broadly applied in the biological
sciences to yield new insights into behavior, cognition, population biology, and distributions …

Anthropogenic noise and light pollution additively affect sleep behaviour in free-living birds in sex-and season-dependent fashions

AS Grunst, ML Grunst, T Raap, R Pinxten… - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid anthropogenic transformation of environments exposes organisms to diverse
disturbance factors, including anthropogenic noise pollution and artificial light at night …

[HTML][HTML] Application of YOLOv4 for detection and Motion monitoring of red Foxes

AK Schütz, V Schöler, ET Krause, M Fischer, T Müller… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The use of surveillance videos of animals is an important method for
monitoring them, as animals often behave differently in the presence of humans. Moreover …

Methods for collecting data about the breeding biology of Neotropical birds

K Fierro‐Calderón, M Loaiza‐Muñoz… - Journal of Field …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The study of avian nesting biology in North America and Europe has a long history, resulting
in an expansive and information‐rich literature. In contrast, the tropics have been relatively …

Intrinsic individual variation in daily activity onset and plastic responses on temporal but not spatial scales in female great tits

M Meijdam, W Müller, M Eens - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In a variety of species, individuals appear to be consistent in the daily timing of their activity
onset. Such consistent among-individual differences can result from both intrinsic factors, as …

Anthropogenic noise and light pollution decrease the repeatability of activity patterns and dampen expression of chronotypes in a free-living songbird

M Grunst, A Grunst, B Thys, R Pinxten… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic environmental change is introducing a suite of novel disturbance factors,
which can have wide-ranging effects on mean behavior and behavioral repeatability. For …

RFIDeep: Unfolding the potential of deep learning for radio‐frequency identification

G Bardon, R Cristofari, A Winterl… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Automatic monitoring of wildlife is becoming a critical tool in the field of ecology. In particular,
Radio‐Frequency IDentification (RFID) is now a widespread technology to assess the …

Female chronotype and aggression covary on different hierarchical levels in a songbird

M Meijdam, M Eens, B Thys, W Müller - Animal Behaviour, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•We explored the relationship between chronotype and aggression in female
great tits.•Females starting activity earlier in the morning had a more aggressive …

Computer vision for detection of body posture and behavior of red foxes

AK Schütz, ET Krause, M Fischer, T Müller… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Monitoring animal behavior provides an indicator of their health and
welfare. For this purpose, video surveillance is an important method to get an unbiased …

Origin and outcome of social polygyny in the blue tit

E Schlicht, B Kempenaers - Ardea, 2021 - BioOne
Classic explanations for polygyny consider habitat, genetic makeup and paternal care, but
little attention has been paid to social inertia. We studied facultative social polygyny in a …