Post provided by Gaspard Dussert. My name is Gaspard Dussert, and I am a PhD student at the Université Lyon 1, working in the Laboratory of Biometry and Evolutionary Biology (LBBE). My research combines artificial intelligence (AI) with ecology, focusing on automating wildlife monitoring from camera trap images. Camera traps are motion-activated cameras placed in…

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08.08.2025

Our August issue is out now! – Methods Blog

This issue contains the latest methods in ecology and evolution. Read to find out about this month’s featured articles and the article behind our cover! Featured Empirical ecology to support mechanistic modelling: Different objectives, better approaches and unique benefits Making mechanistic models credible requires empirical studies, but traditional study topics and designs often do not support…

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08.08.2025

Catching Biodiversity in the Wind: How a Simple Dust Cloth Revolutionizes Airborne eDNA Monitoring – Methods Blog

Post provided by Meng Yao Biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide. To protect it, we first need to monitor it—but tracking species traditionally requires significant time, expertise, and often expensive equipment. What if we could detect the presence of plants and animals just by sampling the air around us? As the principal investigator…

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09.08.2025

No training necessary: Shark tracking simplified – Methods Blog

Post provide Chinmay Keshava Lalgudi. Drone imagery offers an efficient way to gather data on mobile animals. Drones are used for population surveys, creating 3D models of habitat, and even studying how animals move and behave in their environment. While collecting this data is relatively easy, manually annotating it is painstaking and slow. Analysing drone…

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Can we identify animal behaviours from camera traps without training new AI models? – Methods Blog

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