Alexei A. Maklakov1,*,†, Simone Immler2,†, Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer1,3, Johanna Rö nn1 and Niclas Kolm1 Animal Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Norbyvä gen 18d, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñ ana, (EBD-CSIC), Av Américo Vespucio S/N, 41092 Sevilla, Spain *Author for correspondence ...

1 Soil Sciences Department, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick, Switzerland, 2 Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, 3 Animal Ecology, J.F. Blumenbach Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, 4 Product Development and Machine Elements, Faculty of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Darmstadt University ...

1 Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 2 Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom, 3 Département D’écologie et Évolution, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 4 Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 5 Department of Biometry and Evolutio...

Institutions: Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Dept. Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Berlin, Germany 2 European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC), AGRIFISH Unit, Ispra (VA), Italy Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Dept. of Inland Fisheries, Silkeborg, Denmark Radboud University Nijmegen, In...

a Department of Biology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA b Department of Migration and Immuno-ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany c Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA d Evolutionary Physiology Group, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany e Department of Biology, Unive...

A proof of concept applying wildlife ecology techniques to animal welfare science in intensive agricultural environments was conducted using non-cage laying hens. Studies of wildlife ecology regularly use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to assess wild animal movement and behavior within environments with relatively unlimited space and finite resources. However, rather than depicting landsc...

Here, I provide a guide for those new to the burgeoning field of animal welfare science as to what this comprehensive, relatively young discipline is all about. Drawing on all branches of biology, including behavioural ecology and neuroscience, the science of animal welfare asks three big questions: Are animals conscious? How can we assess good and bad welfare in animals? How can we use science...

Tree-fall gaps are small-scale disturbances whose formation, colonization, and role in forest dynamics are well documented, but whose effects on animal ecology are still greatly overlooked, except for studies comparing species richness of gaps 6+ months old to that in the closed canopy. Other factors associated with the invasion of fresh tree-fall gaps such as animal breeding adaptations have b...