Methods in Ecology and Evolution
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
Publishing analytical, practical and conceptual advances in methods across all areas of ecology and evolutionary biology. A @britishecologicalsociety.org journal.
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The first issue of 2026 is now out! 🚨
This issue contains our new special feature 'Conservation, ecology and artificial intelligence: Advances and symbiotic solutions'. 🌍 🧪
Read the whole issue here 👇
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This issue contains our new special feature 'Conservation, ecology and artificial intelligence: Advances and symbiotic solutions'. 🌍 🧪
Read the whole issue here 👇
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New special feature!🌍🧪
Here, our guest editors research at the cutting edge of the AI–ecology interface, focusing on work that advances the state of both fields beyond proof-of-concept to true interdisciplinary insight.
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Here, our guest editors research at the cutting edge of the AI–ecology interface, focusing on work that advances the state of both fields beyond proof-of-concept to true interdisciplinary insight.
Read the full collection👇️
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February 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
New special feature!🌍🧪
Here, our guest editors research at the cutting edge of the AI–ecology interface, focusing on work that advances the state of both fields beyond proof-of-concept to true interdisciplinary insight.
Read the full collection👇️
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Here, our guest editors research at the cutting edge of the AI–ecology interface, focusing on work that advances the state of both fields beyond proof-of-concept to true interdisciplinary insight.
Read the full collection👇️
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New podcast episode! 🚨
In this podcast, Sebastian Hoefer talks us about his paper ‘Sensors versus surveyors: Comparing passive acoustic monitoring, camera trapping and observer-based monitoring for terrestrial mammals’.
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In this podcast, Sebastian Hoefer talks us about his paper ‘Sensors versus surveyors: Comparing passive acoustic monitoring, camera trapping and observer-based monitoring for terrestrial mammals’.
Listen here👂️ buff.ly/f6St086
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
New podcast episode! 🚨
In this podcast, Sebastian Hoefer talks us about his paper ‘Sensors versus surveyors: Comparing passive acoustic monitoring, camera trapping and observer-based monitoring for terrestrial mammals’.
Listen here👂️ buff.ly/f6St086
In this podcast, Sebastian Hoefer talks us about his paper ‘Sensors versus surveyors: Comparing passive acoustic monitoring, camera trapping and observer-based monitoring for terrestrial mammals’.
Listen here👂️ buff.ly/f6St086
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🌟 We've updated our aims and scope, now live and ready to read on our website! ➡️ buff.ly/2W4T8oR
🚨 Our February issue is also now live. With a fantastic cover image provided by Vincent Porcher, from this recently published paper 📖 buff.ly/e3kfQ4S
🚨 Our February issue is also now live. With a fantastic cover image provided by Vincent Porcher, from this recently published paper 📖 buff.ly/e3kfQ4S
February 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🌟 We've updated our aims and scope, now live and ready to read on our website! ➡️ buff.ly/2W4T8oR
🚨 Our February issue is also now live. With a fantastic cover image provided by Vincent Porcher, from this recently published paper 📖 buff.ly/e3kfQ4S
🚨 Our February issue is also now live. With a fantastic cover image provided by Vincent Porcher, from this recently published paper 📖 buff.ly/e3kfQ4S
📖 Published!
This review provides an overview of studies to date using long-read sequencing platforms for biodiversity analyses of eukaryotes, from eDNA and community metabarcoding, shotgun sequencing, and DNA barcoding🧪 🧬 🌍
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This review provides an overview of studies to date using long-read sequencing platforms for biodiversity analyses of eukaryotes, from eDNA and community metabarcoding, shotgun sequencing, and DNA barcoding🧪 🧬 🌍
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February 5, 2026 at 12:15 PM
📖 Published!
This review provides an overview of studies to date using long-read sequencing platforms for biodiversity analyses of eukaryotes, from eDNA and community metabarcoding, shotgun sequencing, and DNA barcoding🧪 🧬 🌍
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This review provides an overview of studies to date using long-read sequencing platforms for biodiversity analyses of eukaryotes, from eDNA and community metabarcoding, shotgun sequencing, and DNA barcoding🧪 🧬 🌍
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Interested in being an Associate Editor on any of the BES journals? Apply now! 👇
🚨 Apply to join us an Associate Editor!
We are seeking a wide range of expertise:
Human-wildlife interactions 🚶♀️
Nature experience and connectedness 🌳
Indigenous knowledge systems🗺️
Reciprocity and care 🤝
And more...
Find out more and apply here ➡️ buff.ly/LvTJGnW
We are seeking a wide range of expertise:
Human-wildlife interactions 🚶♀️
Nature experience and connectedness 🌳
Indigenous knowledge systems🗺️
Reciprocity and care 🤝
And more...
Find out more and apply here ➡️ buff.ly/LvTJGnW
February 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Interested in being an Associate Editor on any of the BES journals? Apply now! 👇
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Reminder: if anyone, particular ECRs, is interested in helping to refresh the Data Management booklet, please get in touch ASAP. Details of how to get involved in the thread below. @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org.
After last year's successful refresh of the BES Reproducible Code guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...), this year we're going to refresh the Data Management guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...). Exciting! See below for how to get involved...
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February 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Reminder: if anyone, particular ECRs, is interested in helping to refresh the Data Management booklet, please get in touch ASAP. Details of how to get involved in the thread below. @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org.
The first issue of 2026 is now out! 🚨
This issue contains our new special feature 'Conservation, ecology and artificial intelligence: Advances and symbiotic solutions'. 🌍 🧪
Read the whole issue here 👇
buff.ly/AmWPK0C
This issue contains our new special feature 'Conservation, ecology and artificial intelligence: Advances and symbiotic solutions'. 🌍 🧪
Read the whole issue here 👇
buff.ly/AmWPK0C
February 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The first issue of 2026 is now out! 🚨
This issue contains our new special feature 'Conservation, ecology and artificial intelligence: Advances and symbiotic solutions'. 🌍 🧪
Read the whole issue here 👇
buff.ly/AmWPK0C
This issue contains our new special feature 'Conservation, ecology and artificial intelligence: Advances and symbiotic solutions'. 🌍 🧪
Read the whole issue here 👇
buff.ly/AmWPK0C
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Long-read sequencing can revolutionise the way we monitor #biodiversity.
A comprehensive guide for using #ONT & #PacBio for analysis of biodiversity through #eDNA, #metabarcoding, metagenomics
Just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
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A comprehensive guide for using #ONT & #PacBio for analysis of biodiversity through #eDNA, #metabarcoding, metagenomics
Just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Long-read sequencing can revolutionise the way we monitor #biodiversity.
A comprehensive guide for using #ONT & #PacBio for analysis of biodiversity through #eDNA, #metabarcoding, metagenomics
Just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A comprehensive guide for using #ONT & #PacBio for analysis of biodiversity through #eDNA, #metabarcoding, metagenomics
Just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📖 Published!
(De)composing sociality: Disentangling individual-specific from dyad-specific propensities to interact
This approach allows us to address the link between variation in sociality characteristics and more, both within and across species🌍 🦒 🔎
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(De)composing sociality: Disentangling individual-specific from dyad-specific propensities to interact
This approach allows us to address the link between variation in sociality characteristics and more, both within and across species🌍 🦒 🔎
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February 3, 2026 at 8:15 AM
📖 Published!
(De)composing sociality: Disentangling individual-specific from dyad-specific propensities to interact
This approach allows us to address the link between variation in sociality characteristics and more, both within and across species🌍 🦒 🔎
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(De)composing sociality: Disentangling individual-specific from dyad-specific propensities to interact
This approach allows us to address the link between variation in sociality characteristics and more, both within and across species🌍 🦒 🔎
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Check out our new blog post!🚨
Authors provide an overview of the animal2vec framework, including its capabilities and potential for usage in animal behavior, ecology, and conservation research 🔊 🌍 🧪
Read more here👇
Authors provide an overview of the animal2vec framework, including its capabilities and potential for usage in animal behavior, ecology, and conservation research 🔊 🌍 🧪
Read more here👇
Detecting and classifying animal calls from audio data using animal2vec
Post provided by Julian Schäfer-Zimmermann An introduction for people lacking a machine-learning background We provide a non-technical explanation of the animal2vec framework, including its capabil…
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February 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Check out our new blog post!🚨
Authors provide an overview of the animal2vec framework, including its capabilities and potential for usage in animal behavior, ecology, and conservation research 🔊 🌍 🧪
Read more here👇
Authors provide an overview of the animal2vec framework, including its capabilities and potential for usage in animal behavior, ecology, and conservation research 🔊 🌍 🧪
Read more here👇
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Our recent @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social paper on 3D photogrammetry and hearing is featured on the cover of the january issue.
The work focuses on how 3D mesh models of ear morphology can be used to simulate the directionality hearing.
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
The work focuses on how 3D mesh models of ear morphology can be used to simulate the directionality hearing.
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
Cover Picture and Issue Information
This image is an illustrative rendering of a 3D model of a bat (Myotis daubentonii) created using 3D photogrammetry. It shows that we can ‘freeze’ the pose of a live animal; turning it into a mesh mo...
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January 31, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Our recent @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social paper on 3D photogrammetry and hearing is featured on the cover of the january issue.
The work focuses on how 3D mesh models of ear morphology can be used to simulate the directionality hearing.
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
The work focuses on how 3D mesh models of ear morphology can be used to simulate the directionality hearing.
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
New blog post! 🚨
Find out more about how @kvester.bsky.social and their team are using 3D photogrammetry to see how animals hear 🦇 👂
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Find out more about how @kvester.bsky.social and their team are using 3D photogrammetry to see how animals hear 🦇 👂
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Seeing the Hearing: How 3D Photogrammetry Reveals Directional Hearing in Animals
Post provided by Karsten Vesterholm I’m a Postdoc in the Sound and Behaviour research group at the Department of Biology at the University of Southern Denmark, where I work in the Bat Echolocation …
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January 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM
New blog post! 🚨
Find out more about how @kvester.bsky.social and their team are using 3D photogrammetry to see how animals hear 🦇 👂
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Find out more about how @kvester.bsky.social and their team are using 3D photogrammetry to see how animals hear 🦇 👂
buff.ly/6r52GTk
📖Published!
A dynamic multi-scale occupancy model to estimate trends in habitat use in spatially and temporally complex systems
This modelling framework offers a tool for disentangling the multi-scale processes that drive species distributions across time🖥️ 🌍 🌱
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A dynamic multi-scale occupancy model to estimate trends in habitat use in spatially and temporally complex systems
This modelling framework offers a tool for disentangling the multi-scale processes that drive species distributions across time🖥️ 🌍 🌱
Read more:
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January 30, 2026 at 8:15 AM
📖Published!
A dynamic multi-scale occupancy model to estimate trends in habitat use in spatially and temporally complex systems
This modelling framework offers a tool for disentangling the multi-scale processes that drive species distributions across time🖥️ 🌍 🌱
Read more:
A dynamic multi-scale occupancy model to estimate trends in habitat use in spatially and temporally complex systems
This modelling framework offers a tool for disentangling the multi-scale processes that drive species distributions across time🖥️ 🌍 🌱
Read more:
New blog post!!🚨
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
Studying social transmission using STbayes
Post provided by Michael Chimento. When studying animal culture, it’s important to establish whether novel behaviours or information have spread through social contact, or are rather innovated or p…
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January 29, 2026 at 12:02 PM
New blog post!!🚨
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
Less than a month to apply to join the BES editorial board as an Associate editor!🌳🌍 📖
If you're interested in contributing to any of the BES journals, check out the link below 👇
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If you're interested in contributing to any of the BES journals, check out the link below 👇
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January 27, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Less than a month to apply to join the BES editorial board as an Associate editor!🌳🌍 📖
If you're interested in contributing to any of the BES journals, check out the link below 👇
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If you're interested in contributing to any of the BES journals, check out the link below 👇
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📖 Published!
An elementary guide to quantum computing, introducing core concepts such as qubits, superposition, entanglement and quantum advantage to give ecologists the foundations needed to appreciate its relevance and potential🖥️ 📏 🌀
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An elementary guide to quantum computing, introducing core concepts such as qubits, superposition, entanglement and quantum advantage to give ecologists the foundations needed to appreciate its relevance and potential🖥️ 📏 🌀
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January 26, 2026 at 12:02 PM
📖 Published!
An elementary guide to quantum computing, introducing core concepts such as qubits, superposition, entanglement and quantum advantage to give ecologists the foundations needed to appreciate its relevance and potential🖥️ 📏 🌀
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An elementary guide to quantum computing, introducing core concepts such as qubits, superposition, entanglement and quantum advantage to give ecologists the foundations needed to appreciate its relevance and potential🖥️ 📏 🌀
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📖 Published!
This paper presents a conceptual framework for natural capital accounting (NCA), adapting principles from financial accounting to support transparent reporting on business interactions with nature🌍 💸 💼
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This paper presents a conceptual framework for natural capital accounting (NCA), adapting principles from financial accounting to support transparent reporting on business interactions with nature🌍 💸 💼
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January 26, 2026 at 8:15 AM
📖 Published!
This paper presents a conceptual framework for natural capital accounting (NCA), adapting principles from financial accounting to support transparent reporting on business interactions with nature🌍 💸 💼
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This paper presents a conceptual framework for natural capital accounting (NCA), adapting principles from financial accounting to support transparent reporting on business interactions with nature🌍 💸 💼
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The British Ecological Society has curated this Virtual Issue to highlight research that is directly relevant to the work of the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)👇
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January 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The British Ecological Society has curated this Virtual Issue to highlight research that is directly relevant to the work of the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)👇
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📖 Published!
CISO, a deep learning-based method for species distribution modelling Conditioned on Incomplete Species Observations 🖥️ 🦌 🌍
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CISO, a deep learning-based method for species distribution modelling Conditioned on Incomplete Species Observations 🖥️ 🦌 🌍
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January 24, 2026 at 9:30 AM
📖 Published!
CISO, a deep learning-based method for species distribution modelling Conditioned on Incomplete Species Observations 🖥️ 🦌 🌍
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CISO, a deep learning-based method for species distribution modelling Conditioned on Incomplete Species Observations 🖥️ 🦌 🌍
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📖 Published!
Inferring state-dependent diversification rates using approximate Bayesian computation 🖥️ 🌀 🌍 👇
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Inferring state-dependent diversification rates using approximate Bayesian computation 🖥️ 🌀 🌍 👇
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January 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Inferring state-dependent diversification rates using approximate Bayesian computation 🖥️ 🌀 🌍 👇
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Inferring state-dependent diversification rates using approximate Bayesian computation 🖥️ 🌀 🌍 👇
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📖 Published!
Introducing Esperdyne, an open-source, dual-channel ultrasound monitoring and recording system for bioacoustic field surveys🖥️ 🌍 🦇
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Introducing Esperdyne, an open-source, dual-channel ultrasound monitoring and recording system for bioacoustic field surveys🖥️ 🌍 🦇
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ESPERDYNE: A dual‐band heterodyne monitor and ultrasound recorder for bioacoustic field surveys
Background. Ultrasonic monitoring is essential for ecological studies of bats and other animals, yet high-performance field devices remain prohibitively expensive and inaccessible—particularly in ...
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January 23, 2026 at 8:15 AM
📖 Published!
Introducing Esperdyne, an open-source, dual-channel ultrasound monitoring and recording system for bioacoustic field surveys🖥️ 🌍 🦇
🔎 Find out more:
Introducing Esperdyne, an open-source, dual-channel ultrasound monitoring and recording system for bioacoustic field surveys🖥️ 🌍 🦇
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🤩We’re excited to announce our winner of Capturing Ecology🤩
🐊Zeke Rowe, @zekerowe.bsky.social, with their photo 'Wouldn't hurt a fly'🪰
Taken in Panama, the image shows an American crocodile fixing the camera with its golden eyes, utterly unmoved as blood-sucking horse flies feed on its snout.
🐊Zeke Rowe, @zekerowe.bsky.social, with their photo 'Wouldn't hurt a fly'🪰
Taken in Panama, the image shows an American crocodile fixing the camera with its golden eyes, utterly unmoved as blood-sucking horse flies feed on its snout.
January 22, 2026 at 2:03 PM
🤩We’re excited to announce our winner of Capturing Ecology🤩
🐊Zeke Rowe, @zekerowe.bsky.social, with their photo 'Wouldn't hurt a fly'🪰
Taken in Panama, the image shows an American crocodile fixing the camera with its golden eyes, utterly unmoved as blood-sucking horse flies feed on its snout.
🐊Zeke Rowe, @zekerowe.bsky.social, with their photo 'Wouldn't hurt a fly'🪰
Taken in Panama, the image shows an American crocodile fixing the camera with its golden eyes, utterly unmoved as blood-sucking horse flies feed on its snout.
📖Published!
Authors developed a state-space model that simultaneously accounts for the acoustic group location and time-varying acoustic group size using acoustic data from multiple hydrophones 🔊🐟
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Read more here 👇
Authors developed a state-space model that simultaneously accounts for the acoustic group location and time-varying acoustic group size using acoustic data from multiple hydrophones 🔊🐟
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Read more here 👇
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January 22, 2026 at 12:01 PM
📖Published!
Authors developed a state-space model that simultaneously accounts for the acoustic group location and time-varying acoustic group size using acoustic data from multiple hydrophones 🔊🐟
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Read more here 👇
Authors developed a state-space model that simultaneously accounts for the acoustic group location and time-varying acoustic group size using acoustic data from multiple hydrophones 🔊🐟
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Read more here 👇
📖Published!
evsBat: An automated toolkit for tracking and quantifying rapid movement of nocturnal animals using event cameras 🦇 🌍🧪 Read the full article here 👇
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evsBat: An automated toolkit for tracking and quantifying rapid movement of nocturnal animals using event cameras 🦇 🌍🧪 Read the full article here 👇
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January 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
📖Published!
evsBat: An automated toolkit for tracking and quantifying rapid movement of nocturnal animals using event cameras 🦇 🌍🧪 Read the full article here 👇
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evsBat: An automated toolkit for tracking and quantifying rapid movement of nocturnal animals using event cameras 🦇 🌍🧪 Read the full article here 👇
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📖Published!
Check out this new research article 👉 Early warning signal for river-borne diseases with almost no data 🛶 🦠 Read more 👇
Check out this new research article 👉 Early warning signal for river-borne diseases with almost no data 🛶 🦠 Read more 👇
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January 21, 2026 at 9:15 AM
📖Published!
Check out this new research article 👉 Early warning signal for river-borne diseases with almost no data 🛶 🦠 Read more 👇
Check out this new research article 👉 Early warning signal for river-borne diseases with almost no data 🛶 🦠 Read more 👇