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Damien R. Farine

Kenya
As seen in: British Ecological Society (Wiley), Color Research & Application, Nature, Wiley Online Library, The Conversation, Science Magazine, BioRxiv, Cell Press, AllAfrica
Studies collective movement and social networks of living dinosaurs. Eccellenza Prof @UZh_en and A/Prof @EcoEvo_ANU. #ERCStG grantee.
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Fast and efficient geo-referencing for drone-based wildlife tracking

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By Imran Samad, Dipani Sutaria, Damien R. Farine, Kartik Shanker, Mauricio Cantor
| Nature Verified
Abstract The study of animal behaviour and movement has been greatly enhanced by drones, but we have yet to harness their full potential in tracking animal groups. Georeferencing provides an exciting opportunity to expand the animal tracking toolbox. Here, we demonstrate a simple mathematical translation of feature pixel positions in drone videos into latitude and longitude positions in real-world space using information on the drone position, height and camera perspective.
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Optimal foraging can drive emergent initiator‐follower dynamics in social groups

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By Damien R. Farine, Grace Davis, Margaret C. Crofoot
| Wiley Online Library Verified
Introduction ‘If a bird of either sex moves off in a determined manner, the whole covey may follow. [..] If a pioneering bird is not followed by others it abandons its exploring and hurries back to rejoin the covey' Leopold (1977) p. 68 describing movement initiations in California quail Callipepla californica. Animals are time limited, driving behavioral adaptations to optimise efficiency (Dunbar et al. 2009).
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Long-term stability of dominance hierarchies in a wild parrot with fission-fusion dynamics

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By Julia Penndorf, Damien R. Farine, JOHN MARTIN, Lucy Aplin
| BioRxiv
Abstract Dominance hierarchies are a common feature of stable groups, allowing animals to limit the costs of fighting over access to resources. However, while the emergence of dominance is relatively well known from species that form stable groups, less is known about whether hierarchies are maintained in societies with open group membership.
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