Protocols

Deployment and operation of networked embedded sensor nodes for distributed acoustic monitoring using custom hardware and WaveScript programming language. Enables real-time processing and localization...

Measurement of anogenital distance using dial or digital callipers to 1mm accuracy as a proxy for prenatal testosterone exposure and masculinization. Distance measured from centre of genital opening t...

Individual animals are uniquely marked and tracked through capture-recapture over multiple decades to estimate survival, reproduction, and productivity parameters. This generates individual life histo...

Statistical modeling of capture-recapture data to estimate seasonal survival probabilities across age classes using program MARK with model selection via AICc.

Integration of molecular phylogeny with life history and energetic data to identify evolutionary patterns of energy conservation traits across marmot species. Uses comparative analysis to distinguish ...

Frequent visits to wild meerkat groups to record births, deaths, emigration, and social status changes over 20 years of continuous observation.

Principal component analysis applied across multiple species using demographic traits to identify major axes of life-history variation and test for slow-fast continuum patterns. Uses phylogenetically-...

Standardized literature search and screening process to identify and synthesize studies on hibernating mammal responses to climate change, followed by categorization and statistical analysis of climat...

Construction and parameterization of periodic matrix population models to project population dynamics under different scenarios of environmental periodicity strength.

454 sequencing to characterize genetic diversity at the DRB Class II locus in montane voles.