Automated image-based tracking and its application in ecology

AI Dell, JA Bender, K Branson, ID Couzin… - Trends in ecology & …, 2014 - cell.com
The behavior of individuals determines the strength and outcome of ecological interactions,
which drive population, community, and ecosystem organization. Bio-logging, such as …

Tracktor: image‐based automated tracking of animal movement and behaviour

VH Sridhar, DG Roche, S Gingins - Methods in Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Automated movement tracking is essential for high‐throughput quantitative analyses of the
behaviour and kinematics of organisms. Automated tracking also improves replicability by …

BEEtag: a low-cost, image-based tracking system for the study of animal behavior and locomotion

JD Crall, N Gravish, AM Mountcastle, SA Combes - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
A fundamental challenge common to studies of animal movement, behavior, and ecology is
the collection of high-quality datasets on spatial positions of animals as they change through …

Terrestrial animal tracking as an eye on life and planet

R Kays, MC Crofoot, W Jetz, M Wikelski - Science, 2015 - science.org
BACKGROUND The movement of animals makes them fascinating but difficult study
subjects. Animal movements underpin many biological phenomena, and understanding …

A review of 28 free animal-tracking software applications: current features and limitations

V Panadeiro, A Rodriguez, J Henry, D Wlodkowic… - Lab animal, 2021 - nature.com
Well-quantified laboratory studies can provide a fundamental understanding of animal
behavior in ecology, ethology and ecotoxicology research. These types of studies require …

A guide to pre‐processing high‐throughput animal tracking data

PR Gupte, CE Beardsworth, O Spiegel… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modern, high‐throughput animal tracking increasingly yields 'big data'at very fine temporal
scales. At these scales, location error can exceed the animal's step size, leading to mis …

Trends and perspectives in animal‐attached remote sensing

Y Ropert-Coudert, RP Wilson - Frontiers in Ecology and the …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Animal‐attached remote sensing, or bio‐logging, refers to the deployment of autonomous
recording tags on free‐living animals, so that multiple variables can be monitored at rates of …

TRex, a fast multi-animal tracking system with markerless identification, and 2D estimation of posture and visual fields

T Walter, ID Couzin - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Automated visual tracking of animals is rapidly becoming an indispensable tool for the study
of behavior. It offers a quantitative methodology by which organisms' sensing and decision …

Novel opportunities for wildlife conservation and research with real‐time monitoring

J Wall, G Wittemyer, B Klinkenberg… - Ecological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The expansion of global communication networks and advances in animal‐tracking
technology make possible the real‐time telemetry of positional data as recorded by animal …

Evaluating contributions of recent tracking-based animal movement ecology to conservation management

TE Katzner, R Arlettaz - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - frontiersin.org
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 …