The welfare and ethics of research involving wild animals: A primer

CD Soulsbury, HE Gray, LM Smith… - Methods in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Wild animals are used in scientific research in a wide variety of contexts both in situ and ex
situ. Guidelines for best practice, where they exist, are not always clearly linked to animal …

Advances in tracking small migratory birds: a technical review of light‐level geolocation

ES Bridge, JF Kelly, A Contina… - Journal of Field …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐level geolocation data loggers, or geologgers, have recently been miniaturized to the
extent that they can be deployed on small songbirds, allowing us to determine many …

A phylogenetically controlled meta‐analysis of biologging device effects on birds: Deleterious effects and a call for more standardized reporting of study data

TW Bodey, IR Cleasby, F Bell, N Parr… - Methods in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The use of biologging devices continues to increase with technological advances yielding
remarkable ecological insights and generating new research questions. However, as …

Technology on the move: recent and forthcoming innovations for tracking migratory birds

ES Bridge, K Thorup, MS Bowlin, PB Chilson… - …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Basic questions about the life histories of migratory birds have confounded scientists for
generations, yet we are nearing an era of historic discovery as new tracking technologies …

Analysis of modular bioengineered antimicrobial lanthipeptides at nanoliter scale

S Schmitt, M Montalbán-López, D Peterhoff… - Nature chemical …, 2019 - nature.com
The rise of antibiotic resistance demands the acceleration of molecular diversification
strategies to inspire new chemical entities for antibiotic medicines. We report here on the …

New discoveries in landbird migration using geolocators, and a flight plan for the future

EA McKinnon, KC Fraser, BJM Stutchbury - The Auk, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Geolocator accuracy varies, depending on bird behavior, geographic location, habitat, and
weather (Fudickar et al. 2012, Lisovski et al. 2012). Ground truthing at multiple sites prior to …

Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: A meta‐analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias

V Brlík, J Koleček, M Burgess, S Hahn… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, the deployment of tracking devices is one of the most frequently used approaches
to study movement ecology of birds. Recent miniaturization of light‐level geolocators …

Radio-tracking reveals how wind and temperature influence the pace of daytime insect migration

SM Knight, GM Pitman, DTT Flockhart… - Biology …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Insects represent the most diverse and functionally important group of flying migratory
animals around the globe, yet their small size makes tracking even large migratory species …

African departure rather than migration speed determines variation in spring arrival in pied flycatchers

J Ouwehand, C Both - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Properly timed spring migration enhances reproduction and survival. Climate change
requires organisms to respond to changes such as advanced spring phenology. Pied …

Minimizing marker mass and handling time when attaching radio-transmitters and geolocators to small songbirds

HM Streby, TL McAllister, SM Peterson… - The Condor …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Radio-transmitters and light-level geolocators are currently small enough for use on
songbirds weighing< 15 g. Various methods are used to attach these markers to larger …