From biologging to conservation: Tracking individual performance in changing environments.

ABSTRACT: Under an accelerating biodiversity crisis, increased urbanization, habitat fragmentation, and climate change require new approaches to assess conservation impact. We argue that animal biologging is a cost-effective method for monitoring biodiversity at its source, including tracked animals and the habitats they occupy. Biologging, or animal-mounted sensors to record data, can act as a reporting, measurement, and verification system, and deliver direct insights into environments of selection. Using a case study of migrating white storks (Ciconia ciconia), we show that biologging yields real-time measurements of individual performance, mechanistic insights into environments of selection, and the potential for gene flow across anthropogenically influenced habitats. These insights can i

SUBMITTER: Ellis-Soto D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12337290 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature