Satellite remote sensing for applied ecologists: opportunities and challenges

N Pettorelli, WF Laurance, TG O'Brien… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss and degradation, overexploitation, climate change and the spread of invasive
species are drastically depleting the Earth's biological diversity, leading to detrimental …

Analysis and visualisation of movement: an interdisciplinary review

U Demšar, K Buchin, F Cagnacci, K Safi… - Movement ecology, 2015 - Springer
The processes that cause and influence movement are one of the main points of enquiry in
movement ecology. However, ecology is not the only discipline interested in movement: a …

The Movebank system for studying global animal movement and demography

R Kays, SC Davidson, M Berger… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying movement and demographic events of free‐ranging animals is fundamental to
studying their ecology, evolution and conservation. Technological advances have led to an …

biomass: an r package for estimating above‐ground biomass and its uncertainty in tropical forests

M Réjou‐Méchain, A Tanguy, C Piponiot… - Methods in Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Estimating forest above‐ground biomass (AGB), or carbon (AGC), in tropical forests has
become a major concern for scientists and stakeholders. However, AGB assessment …

Roles of raptors in a changing world: from flagships to providers of key ecosystem services

JA Donázar, A Cortés-Avizanda, JA Fargallo… - Ardeola, 2016 - BioOne
Birds of prey have been, in comparison to other avian groups, an uncommon study model,
mainly due to the limitations imposed by their conservative life strategy (low population …

Resource tracking within and across continents in long-distance bird migrants

K Thorup, AP Tøttrup, M Willemoes, RHG Klaassen… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Migratory birds track seasonal resources across and between continents. We propose a
general strategy of tracking the broad seasonal abundance of resources throughout the …

Wind turbines cause functional habitat loss for migratory soaring birds

AT Marques, CD Santos, F Hanssen… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Wind energy production has expanded to meet climate change mitigation goals, but
negative impacts of wind turbines have been reported on wildlife. Soaring birds are among …

Satellite remote sensing, biodiversity research and conservation of the future

N Pettorelli, K Safi, W Turner - … Transactions of the …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Assessing and predicting ecosystem responses to global environmental change and its
impacts on human well-being are high priority targets for the scientific community. The …

Revisitation analysis uncovers spatio‐temporal patterns in animal movement data

C Bracis, KL Bildstein, T Mueller - Ecography, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Animals regularly return to locations such as foraging patches, nests, dens, watering holes,
or movement corridors, and these revisited locations are often sites of ecological …

Fat, weather, and date affect migratory songbirds' departure decisions, routes, and time it takes to cross the Gulf of Mexico

JL Deppe, MP Ward, RT Bolus… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Approximately two thirds of migratory songbirds in eastern North America negotiate the Gulf
of Mexico (GOM), where inclement weather coupled with no refueling or resting …