Group living (Evolutionary biology 🧬)
In ethology and evolutionary biology, group living is defined as individuals of the same species, maintaining spatial proximity with one another over time with mechanisms of social attraction. Solitary life in animals is considered to be the ancestral state of living; and group living has thus evolved independently in many species of animals. Therefore, species that...
#Quantifying the #movement, #behaviour and #environmental context of #GroupLiving #animals using #drones and #ComputerVision
"2 worked examples with videos of #gelada #monkeys and multiple species of group-living African #ungulates. Illustration of how to #track multiple animals simultaneously, classify individuals, estimate individuals' body postures and extract environmental features, including topography of the landscape and animal trails"
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2656.13904
Planetary Ecologist
Christophe Bousquet