O. Spiegel

Extreme temperatures impede the release success of captive-bred avian scavengers

This study identifies heat stress as a key factor causing mortality in released Griffon vultures, leading to adjustments in release protocols to improve survival.

The Statistical Building Blocks of Animal Movement Simulations

This paper introduces a method to decompose animal movement tracks into statistical movement elements (StaMEs) and uses them to simulate realistic movement paths at different spatio-temporal scales.

Association between movement patterns, microbiome diversity, and potential pathogen presence in free-ranging feral pigeons foraging in dairy farms.

This study links movement patterns, microbiome diversity, and pathogen presence in feral pigeons foraging in dairy farms, showing urban pigeons have more diverse microbiota and shorter movement ranges.

Clarifying space use concepts in ecology: range vs. occurrence distributions

This paper distinguishes between range and occurrence distributions in ecology, showing that conflating them can lead to incorrect ecological inferences and conservation practices.

A Guide to Pre-Processing High-Throughput Animal Tracking Data

This paper provides a pre-processing pipeline for high-throughput animal tracking data to reduce location errors and improve analysis, demonstrating its use with simulated and real bat tracking data.

Estimating encounter location distributions from animal tracking data

This paper introduces a new theoretical framework to estimate encounter location probabilities from animal tracking data and demonstrates its application using GPS data from capuchins and lizards.