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Site fidelity of migratory shorebirds facing habitat deterioration: insights from satellite tracking and mark-resighting
BackgroundSite fidelity, the tendency to return to a previously visited site, is commonly observed in migratory birds. This behaviour would be...
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Predicting suitable habitats for foraging and migration in Eastern Indian Ocean pygmy blue whales from satellite tracking data
BackgroundAccurate predictions of animal occurrence in time and space are crucial for informing and implementing science-based management strategies...
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Satellite telemetry reveals space use of diamondback terrapins
Movement and space use information of exploited and imperiled coastal species is critical to management and conservation actions. While satellite...
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Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the study of animal migration
BackgroundMigratory animals use information from the Earth’s magnetic field on their journeys. Geomagnetic navigation has been observed across many...
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Drivers of realized satellite tracking duration in marine turtles
BackgroundSatellite tags have revolutionized our understanding of marine animal movements. However, tags may stop transmitting for many reasons and...
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A case report assessing the utility of a low-cost tracking GPS device for monitoring terrestrial mammal movements
BackgroundAccurate data on animal movements can highlight behavioural and ecological issues, such as territorial interactions, barriers to migration...
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Tracking crocodylia: a review of telemetry studies on movements and spatial use
Crocodylians are top predators that play key ecological roles in aquatic ecosystems. As in other groups of large predators, crocodylian populations...
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A review of electronic devices for tracking small and medium migratory shorebirds
Small- to medium-sized shorebirds (< 200 g) can be particularly difficult to track with electronic devices due to their small size and long-distance...
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How to improve the accuracy of height data from bird tracking devices? An assessment of high-frequency GPS tracking and barometric altimetry in field conditions
BackgroundIn the context of rapid development of wind energy infrastructure, information on the flight height of birds is vital to assess their...
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Making the most of aquatic animal tracking: a review of complementary methods to bolster acoustic telemetry
Tracking the movements of aquatic animals is a primary means of understanding movement ecology and interactions with human activities such as...
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A method to predict connectivity for nomadic waterbird species from tracking data
ContextNomadic waterbird species move erratically, which makes it difficult to predict site use and connectivity over time. This is particularly...
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Human Satellite 1A analysis provides evidence of pericentromeric transcription
BackgroundPericentromeric regions of human chromosomes are composed of tandem-repeated and highly organized sequences named satellite DNAs....
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Case report: tracking data from foraging hawksbill turtles in the northern Red Sea
BackgroundHawksbill turtles ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) are Critically Endangered throughout their global range, and concerningly little is known about...
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Regional foraging areas of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting at Aldabra Atoll: insights from stable isotopes and satellite telemetry
Sea turtles spend the majority of their lives at foraging grounds. These areas are important for population persistence but generally occur in...
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Estimating Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jolis harvesting impacts using GPS Tracking of mechanical harvesters in Nova Scotia, Canada
Area-based management of Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jolis in the Canadian Maritimes has advanced over the past 60 years from open buying stations in...
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A satellite-linked tag for the long-term monitoring of diving behavior in large whales
Despite spending most time underwater, the technology in use to track whales over large geographic ranges via satellite has been largely limited to...
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Using telemetry data and the sea ice satellite record to identify vulnerabilities in critical moult habitat for emperor penguins in West Antarctica
We tracked adult emperor penguins from Rothschild Island, west Antarctic Peninsula in 2015/2016 during a summer with extensive sea ice of long...
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Moving wildlife tracking forward under forested conditions with the SWIFT GPS algorithm
The remote collection of animal location data has proliferated in recent decades, and higher-frequency data are increasingly available with...
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A validation of abstracted dive profiles relayed via the Argos satellite system: a case study of a loggerhead turtle
Satellite telemetry devices can record movement data of animals along with the environmental data. Such data are relayed remotely via satellite...
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WATLAS: high-throughput and real-time tracking of many small birds in the Dutch Wadden Sea
Tracking animal movement is important for understanding how animals interact with their (changing) environment, and crucial for predicting and...
