Biologging

Biologging is the use of tags attached to animals to record aspects of their behaviour, physiology or environment.

Description

Often this can just be the location of the animal, e.g. GPS animal tracking but typically has a focus on learning about other features besides the animal's location.^[1][2]

Many sensor types can be used, for example temperature,^[3] accelerometers^[4] or microphones.^[5]

References

1. Börger, Luca; Bijleveld, Allert I.; Fayet, Annette L.; Machovsky-Capuska, Gabriel E.; Patrick, Samantha C.; Street, Garrett M.; Vander Wal, Eric (January 2020). "Biologging Special Feature" (PDF). Journal of Animal Ecology. 89 (1): 6–15. Bibcode:2020JAnEc..89....6B. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13163. PMID 32091640.
2. Williams, Hannah J.; Taylor, Lucy A.; Benhamou, Simon; Bijleveld, Allert I.; Clay, Thomas A.; de Grissac, Sophie; Demšar, Urška; English, Holly M.; Franconi, Novella; Gómez-Laich, Agustina; Griffiths, Rachael C.; Kay, William P.; Morales, Juan Manuel; Potts, Jonathan R.; Rogerson, Katharine F.; Rutz, Christian; Spelt, Anouk; Trevail, Alice M.; Wilson, Rory P.; Börger, Luca (January 2020). "Optimizing the use of biologgers for movement ecology research". Journal of Animal Ecology. 89 (1): 186–206. Bibcode:2020JAnEc..89..186W. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13094. PMC 7041970. PMID 31424571.
3. Rey, Benjamin; Halsey, Lewis G.; Hetem, Robyn S.; Fuller, Andrea; Mitchell, Duncan; Rouanet, Jean-Louis (May 2015). "Estimating resting metabolic rate by biologging core and subcutaneous temperature in a mammal". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 183: 72–77. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.01.012. PMID 25636902.
4. Brownscombe, Jw; Gutowsky, Lfg; Danylchuk, Aj; Cooke, Sj (28 May 2014). "Foraging behaviour and activity of a marine benthivorous fish estimated using tri-axial accelerometer biologgers". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 505: 241–251. Bibcode:2014MEPS..505..241B. doi:10.3354/meps10786.
5. Thiebault, Andréa; Pistorius, Pierre; Mullers, Ralf; Tremblay, Yann (5 August 2016). "Seabird acoustic communication at sea: a new perspective using bio-logging devices". Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 30972. Bibcode:2016NatSR...630972T. doi:10.1038/srep30972. PMC 4974508. PMID 27492779.