Hi all, Over the past year or so there has been a few requests on Ecolog about using automated image-based tracking methods in ecology.
Given this, some of you might find useful a TREE paper we recently had published exactly on this topic. http://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/abstract/S0169-5347(14)00107-4 The abstract reads: "The behavior of individuals determines the strength and outcome of ecological interactions, which drive population, community, and ecosystem organization. Bio-logging, such as telemetry and animal-borne imaging, provides essential individual viewpoints, tracks, and life histories, but requires capture of individuals and is often impractical to scale. Recent developments in automated image-based tracking offers opportunities to remotely quantify and understand individual behavior at scales and resolutions not previously possible, providing an essential supplement to other tracking methodologies in ecology. Automated image-based tracking should continue to advance the field of ecology by enabling better understanding of the linkages between individual and higher-level ecological processes, via high-throughput quantitative analysis of complex ecological patterns and processes across scales, including analysis of environmental drivers." Tony ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony I. Dell J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology University of Göttingen Berliner Str. 28 37073 Göttingen, Germany www: https://sites.google.com/site/anthonyidell/ google scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9bB2ZRQAAAAJ&hl=en
