Bird migrations are impressive behavioral phenomena, representing complex
spatiotemporal strategies to balance costs of living while maximizing fitness. The field of bird …

Ageing is associated with profound changes in behaviour that could influence exposure and
susceptibility to infectious disease. As well as determining emergent patterns of infection …

GPS‐based tracking is widely used for studying wild social animals. Much like traditional
observational methods, using GPS devices requires making a number of decisions about …

Studying the mechanisms sha** age-related changes in behavior (“behavioral aging”) is
important for understanding population dynamics in our changing world. Yet, studies that …

Highlights•This study is the first use of mini-GPS devices in a small rodent.•Female bush
Karoo rat females are mainly solitary.•Sometimes they form small groups, always consisting …

Foraging is a key driver of animal movement patterns, with specific challenges for predators
which must search for mobile prey. These patterns are increasingly impacted by global …

Social animals make behavioural decisions based on local habitat and conspecifics, as well
as memorized past experience (ie 'familiarity') with habitat and conspecifics. Here, we …

Certain individuals have a disproportionate effect on group responses. Characteristics may
include susceptibility to pollutants, such as cadmium (Cd), a potent trace metal. Here, we …

An emerging frontier in ecology explores how organisms integrate social information into
movement behavior and the extent to which information exchange occurs across species …

Integrated step‐selection analysis (ISSA) is frequently used to study habitat selection using
animal movement data. Methods for incorporating random effects in ISSA have been …