Viewing animal migration through a social lens

EO Aikens, ID Bontekoe, L Blumenstiel… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Evidence of social learning is growing across the animal kingdom. Researchers have long
hypothesized that social interactions play a key role in many animal migrations, but strong …

Listening to animal behavior to understand changing ecosystems

WK Oestreich, RY Oliver, MS Chapman, M Go… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
Interpreting sound gives powerful insight into the health of ecosystems. Beyond detecting
the presence of wildlife, bioacoustic signals can reveal their behavior. However, behavioral …

Tools for integrating inertial sensor data with video bio-loggers, including estimation of animal orientation, motion, and position

DE Cade, WT Gough, MF Czapanskiy, JA Fahlbusch… - Animal …, 2021 - Springer
Bio-logging devices equipped with inertial measurement units—particularly accelerometers,
magnetometers, and pressure sensors—have revolutionized our ability to study animals as …

Ecological inferences about marine mammals from passive acoustic data

E Fleishman, D Cholewiak, D Gillespie… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring on the basis of sound recordings, or passive acoustic monitoring, can
complement or serve as an alternative to real‐time visual or aural monitoring of marine …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of social cues on timing of animal migrations

WK Oestreich, KM Aiu, LB Crowder… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Animal migration plays a central role in many ecological and evolutionary processes, yet
migratory populations worldwide are increasingly threatened. Adjusting migration timing to …

Advancing the interpretation of shallow water marine soundscapes

MF McKenna, S Baumann-Pickering… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Soundscapes offer rich descriptions of composite acoustic environments. Characterizing
marine soundscapes simply through sound levels results in incomplete descriptions, limits …

Reduction of low-frequency vessel noise in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary during the COVID-19 pandemic

JP Ryan, JE Joseph, T Margolina, LT Hatch… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Low-frequency sound from large vessels is a major, global source of ocean noise that can
interfere with acoustic communication for a variety of marine animals. Changes in vessel …

Identification of free-ranging mugger crocodiles by applying deep learning methods on UAV imagery

B Desai, A Patel, V Patel, S Shah, MS Raval… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Individual identification contributes significantly towards investigating behavioral
mechanisms of animals and understanding underlying ecological principles. Most studies …

Oceanic giants dance to atmospheric rhythms: Ephemeral wind‐driven resource tracking by blue whales

JP Ryan, KJ Benoit‐Bird, WK Oestreich, P Leary… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Trophic transfer of energy through marine food webs is strongly influenced by prey
aggregation and its exploitation by predators. Rapid aggregation of some marine fish and …

Acoustic signature reveals blue whales tune life‐history transitions to oceanographic conditions

WK Oestreich, B Abrahms, MF McKenna… - Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Matching the timing of life‐history transitions with ecosystem phenology is critical for the
survival of many species, especially those undertaking long‐distance migrations. As a result …