Wearable Biologgers on Free-Ranging Birds: Field Study of Attachment Effects on Behaviour

Authors

  • Christian Falzon-Zamm Department of Ecology, Marsaxlokk Institute of Biological Sciences, Marsaxlokk, Malta Author
  • Aloys Franck-Weis Centre for Conservation Science, Our Valley Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Vianden, Luxembourg Author
  • Hermenegilda Damasceno Centre for Biosensor Technology, Sado Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Alcacer do Sal, Portugal Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22672198

Keywords:

Wearable Biologgers on Free-Ranging Birds; Biological sciences; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in wearable biologgers on free-ranging birds right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it delivers
the most value. We pull together the current evidence for wearable biologgers on free-ranging birds, covering the methodological,
practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers
are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered
here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2026-04-23