Big-data approaches lead to an increased understanding of the ecology of animal movement

R Nathan, CT Monk, R Arlinghaus, T Adam, J Alós… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Understanding animal movement is essential to elucidate how animals interact, survive, and
thrive in a changing world. Recent technological advances in data collection and …

Stewardship of global collective behavior

JB Bak-Coleman, M Alfano, W Barfuss… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Collective behavior provides a framework for understanding how the actions and properties
of groups emerge from the way individuals generate and share information. In humans …

The Movebank system for studying global animal movement and demography

R Kays, SC Davidson, M Berger… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying movement and demographic events of free‐ranging animals is fundamental to
studying their ecology, evolution and conservation. Technological advances have led to an …

DeepPoseKit, a software toolkit for fast and robust animal pose estimation using deep learning

JM Graving, D Chae, H Naik, L Li, B Koger… - elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Quantitative behavioral measurements are important for answering questions across
scientific disciplines—from neuroscience to ecology. State-of-the-art deep-learning methods …

Darwin's agential materials: evolutionary implications of multiscale competency in developmental biology

M Levin - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2023 - Springer
A critical aspect of evolution is the layer of developmental physiology that operates between
the genotype and the anatomical phenotype. While much work has addressed the evolution …

Intermittent collective motion in sheep results from alternating the role of leader and follower

L Gómez-Nava, R Bon, F Peruani - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Flocking behaviour is often presented as an example of a self-organized process, where
individuals continuously negotiate on the direction of travel and compromise by moving …

Quantifying the movement, behaviour and environmental context of group‐living animals using drones and computer vision

B Koger, A Deshpande, JT Kerby… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Methods for collecting animal behaviour data in natural environments, such as direct
observation and biologging, are typically limited in spatiotemporal resolution, the number of …

A guide to null models for animal social network analysis

DR Farine - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Null models are an important component of the social network analysis toolbox. However,
their use in hypothesis testing is still not widespread. Furthermore, several different …

Constructing, conducting and interpreting animal social network analysis

DR Farine, H Whitehead - Journal of animal ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Animal social networks are descriptions of social structure which, aside from their intrinsic
interest for understanding sociality, can have significant bearing across many fields of …

The geometry of decision-making in individuals and collectives

VH Sridhar, L Li, D Gorbonos, M Nagy… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Choosing among spatially distributed options is a central challenge for animals, from
deciding among alternative potential food sources or refuges to choosing with whom to …