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Biological cages [PDF]

European Spine Journal, 2000
Restoring a stable anterior column is essential to achieve normal spinal biomechanics. A variety of mechanical spacers have been developed and advocated for both anterior and posterior approaches. The ability to radiographically assess the "biology" of bone incorporation in these mechanical (metal) spacers is an inherent limitation.
M E, Janssen, C, Nguyen, R, Beckham, A, Larson   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Ontogeny of foraging behaviour in an opportunistic gull inhabiting urban marine ecosystems

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urbanization affects ecosystems by reducing biodiversity and displacing species from native habitats. While some suffer, others, like urban wildlife, adapt through innovative feeding and behaviours that improve their fitness in human‐altered settings. Despite research on wildlife in urban areas, the development of foraging behaviour in urban species is
Joan Navarro, Víctor Martín-Vélez, Joan Giménez, José Antonio Garcia, Pablo Cermeño, Jordi Figuerola, Raül Aymí, Tomás Montalvo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simultaneous Monitoring of the Same Animals with PIT Tags and Sensor Nodes Causes No System Interference [PDF]

Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2020
Recent technological advances have multiplied the variety of biologgers used in wildlife research, particularly with small-bodied animals. Passive integrated transponders (PIT) have been used for decades to log visits of tagged animals at reader-equipped
Simon P. Ripperger , Niklas Duda , Alexander Kölpin , Gerald G. Carter   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Ethological Observation for Measuring Animal Reactions to Biotelemetry Devices [PDF]

, 2017
This paper presents a methodological approach used to assess the wearability of biotelemetry devices in animals. A detailed protocol to gather quantitative and qualitative ethological observations was adapted and tested in an experimental study of 13 cat
Mancini, Clara, Paci, Patrizia, Price, Blaine   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Monitoring the effects of ovariectomy on seasonal movement behavior in suburban female white‐tailed deer using internet of things‐enabled devices

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Abundant deer populations often cause conflicts in suburban communities, yet traditional population reduction methods, such as controlled hunting, can be challenging to implement. Fertility control, specifically through ovariectomy, can limit reproduction and reduce populations in certain settings, but its effect on movement behavior remains poorly ...
Vickie DeNicola, Stefano Mezzini, Francesca Cagnacci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating Contributions of Recent Tracking-Based Animal Movement Ecology to Conservation Management

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
The use of animal-born sensors for location-based tracking and bio-logging in terrestrial systems has expanded dramatically in the past 10 years. This rapid expansion has generated new data on how animals interact with and respond to variation in their ...
Todd E. Katzner, Raphaël Arlettaz
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying predictable foraging habitats for a wide-ranging marine predator using ensemble ecological niche models [PDF]

, 2016
Aim Ecological niche modelling can provide valuable insight into species' environmental preferences and aid the identification of key habitats for populations of conservation concern.
Bograd, Steven J., Hazen, Elliott L., Ingram, Simon N., Miller, Peter I., Phillips, Richard A., Scales, Kylie L.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

animal2vec and MeerKAT: A self‐supervised transformer for rare‐event raw audio input and a large‐scale reference dataset for bioacoustics

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Bioacoustic research, vital for promoting conservation and understanding animal behaviour and ecology, faces a monumental challenge: analysing vast datasets where animal vocalizations are rare. While deep learning techniques are becoming standard, adapting them to bioacoustics remains difficult.
Julian C. Schäfer‐Zimmermann, Vlad Demartsev, Baptiste Averly, Kiran L. Dhanjal‐Adams, Mathieu Duteil, Gabriella Gall, Marius Faiß, Lily Johnson‐Ulrich, Dan Stowell, Marta B. Manser, Marie A. Roch, Ariana Strandburg‐Peshkin   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A heuristic method to evaluate consequences for flight control and stability induced by attachment of biologging devices to birds and bats

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Biologging is central to the study of wildlife, but questions remain about the minimization of effects of biologging devices. Rarely considered are changes biologging devices induce on an animal's centre of mass (COM) and resulting losses of flight ...
Todd E. Katzner, George S. Young
doaj   +1 more source

Efficient statistical inference of turning points in animal movement data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent years have seen a proliferation of high‐frequency animal movement data, often at greater than 1 Hz, allowing us to gain much greater insight into behaviour than with lower frequency data. In particular, it is becoming possible to detect the precise points at which animals are making decisions to turn, thus placing the idea that the ...
Abdulmajeed F. Alharbi, Paul G. Blackwell, Abdulaziz Alagaili, Nigel C. Bennett, David Michael Scantlebury, Jonathan R. Potts   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source