Big-data approaches lead to an increased understanding of the ecology of animal movement

R Nathan, CT Monk, R Arlinghaus, T Adam, J Alós… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Understanding animal movement is essential to elucidate how animals interact, survive, and
thrive in a changing world. Recent technological advances in data collection and …

Frontiers in quantifying wildlife behavioural responses to chemical pollution

MG Bertram, JM Martin, ES McCallum… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Animal behaviour is remarkably sensitive to disruption by chemical pollution, with
widespread implications for ecological and evolutionary processes in contaminated wildlife …

Spatial goal coding in the hippocampal formation

N Nyberg, É Duvelle, C Barry, HJ Spiers - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
The mammalian hippocampal formation contains several distinct populations of neurons
involved in representing self-position and orientation. These neurons, which include place …

Emerging technologies for behavioral research in changing environments

ID Couzin, C Heins - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
The first response exhibited by animals to changing environments is typically behavioral.
Behavior is thus central to predicting, and mitigating, the impacts that natural and …

The critical importance of Old World fruit bats for healthy ecosystems and economies

SA Aziz, KR McConkey, K Tanalgo… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite extensive documentation of the ecological and economic importance of Old World
fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) and the many threats they face from humans, negative …

Vector-based pedestrian navigation in cities

C Bongiorno, Y Zhou, M Kryven, D Theurel… - Nature computational …, 2021 - nature.com
How do pedestrians choose their paths within city street networks? Researchers have tried
to shed light on this matter through strictly controlled experiments, but an ultimate answer …

Converting an allocentric goal into an egocentric steering signal

P Mussells Pires, L Zhang, V Parache, LF Abbott… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Neuronal signals that are relevant for spatial navigation have been described in many
species,,,,,,,,–. However, a circuit-level understanding of how such signals interact to guide …

A stable hippocampal code in freely flying bats

WA Liberti III, TA Schmid, A Forli, M Snyder… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Neural activity in the hippocampus is known to reflect how animals move through an
environment,. Although navigational behaviour may show considerable stability,,–, the …

Learning shapes the development of migratory behavior

EO Aikens, E Nourani, W Fiedler… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
How animals refine migratory behavior over their lifetime (ie, the ontogeny of migration) is an
enduring question with important implications for predicting the adaptive capacity of …

Spatial memory predicts home range size and predation risk in pheasants

RJP Heathcote, MA Whiteside… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Most animals confine their activities to a discrete home range, long assumed to reflect the
fitness benefits of obtaining spatial knowledge about the landscape. However, few empirical …