Terrestrial animal tracking as an eye on life and planet

Kays, Roland; Crofoot, Margaret C.; Jetz, Walter; Wikelski, Martin

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Terrestrial animal tracking as an eye on life and planet

Kays, Roland, Crofoot, Margaret C., Jetz, Walter, Wikelski, Martin·2015·Science

DOI 10.1126/science.aaa2478

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A brave new world with a wider view: Researchers have long attempted to follow animals as they move through their environment. Until relatively recently, however, such efforts were limited to short distances and times in species large enough to carry large batteries and transmitters. New technologies have opened up new frontiers in animal tracking remote data collection. Hussey et al. review the unique directions such efforts have taken for marine systems, while Kays et al. review recent advances for terrestrial species. We have entered a new era of animal ecology, where animals act as both subjects and samplers of their environments. Science , this issue 10.1126/science.1255642 , 10.1126/science.aaa2478

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Authors: Kays, R., Crofoot, M. C., Jetz, W., & Wikelski, M.
Affiliations: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (PA)
Yale University (US)
Corresponding author: Kays, Roland
ORCID: Kays, Roland
Crofoot, Margaret C.
Jetz, Walter
Wikelski, Martin
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 2015-06-12
Volume: 348
Issue: 6240
Pages: aaa2478-aaa2478
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa2478
OpenAlex: W2140452356
Semantic Scholar: 42e90cea1ecc76cab741832d4105bf655af5aad7
Cited by: 1,638
References: 107
Citations by year: 2026: 142 · 2025: 171 · 2024: 172 · 2023: 158 · 2022: 164 · 2021: 206 · 2020: 147 · 2019: 150 · 2018: 118 · 2017: 111 · 2016: 92 · 2015: 7
FWCI: 9.96
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.sciencemag.org/about/science-licenses-journal-article-reuse (vor, 366 d)
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
KOPS (University of Konstanz) (submittedVersion)
MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution) (submittedVersion)
Funders: NSF (EF 1232442, DBI 0756920, DBI 0960550, DBI-1262600, BCS 1440755, DEB 1026764, DEB-1441737, IOS 1250895)
NASA Biodiversity (NNX11AP72G)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
Social Sciences › Transportation › Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
Keywords: animal movement, animal tracking, animal ecology, animal physiology, species interactions, ecological monitoring, environmental change, big data, pollination, seed dispersal, nutrient cycling, parasites
MeSH terms: Animals, Behavior, Animal, Environmental Monitoring, Movement, Animal Migration, Geographic Information Systems, Spatio-Temporal Analysis

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