Mobile phones could be the key to a cheaper and more reliable way of tracking animals for ecology and conservation research, according to a new study.
Mobile phones could be the key to a cheaper and more reliable way of tracking animals for ecology and conservation research, according to a new study from The Australian National University .
Study lead author and ANU ecologist, Associate Professor Damien Farine, said the new Bluetooth device helps overcome existing challenges when it comes to animal tracking. "The device works through mobile phones, so as people walk near the birds, they pick up the tag's signal, and their phones upload the data to the cloud. This all happens automatically with no information collected about the phones themselves, only the identity and location of the tag.
"There's a lot that we still have to learn about how animals adapt to and survive in urban habitats, but the tags we developed are cheap, lightweight, and have no download costs," said Associate Professor Farine.Researchers developed TetrapodTraits -- a global database of animals with four feet -- which can now be applied for better ecology, evolution and conservation ...
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