The range of technologies currently used in biodiversity conservation is staggering, with
innovative uses often adopted from other disciplines and being trialed in the field. We …

Memory is critical to understanding animal movement but has proven challenging to study.
Advances in animal tracking technology, theoretical movement models and cognitive …

Autonomous sound recording techniques have gained considerable traction in the last
decade, but the question remains whether they can replace human observation surveys to …

We summarize the foundational elements of a new area of research we call soundscape
ecology. The study of sound in landscapes is based on an understanding of how sound …

Ecology is evolving rapidly and increasingly changing into a more open, accountable,
interdisciplinary, collaborative and data-intensive science. Discovering, integrating and …

To understand ecological phenomena, it is necessary to observe their behaviour across
multiple spatial and temporal scales. Since this need was first highlighted in the 1980s …

There is a growing realization among scientists and policy makers that an increased
understanding of today's environmental issues requires international collaboration and data …

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 …

Stress in forest ecosystems (FES) occurs as a result of land-use intensification, disturbances,
resource limitations or unsustainable management, causing changes in forest health (FH) at …

Integration of multiple technologies greatly increases the spatial and temporal scales over
which ecological patterns and processes can be studied, and threats to protected …