Publications of the Research Group of Computational Ecology

Gumbs, R.; Gray, C. L.; Boehm, M.; Burfield, I. J.; Couchman, O. R.; Faith, D. P.; Forest, F.; Hoffmann, M.; Isaac, N. J. B.; Jetz, W. et al.; Mace, G. M.; Mooers, A. O.; Safi, K.; Scott, O.; Steel, M.; Tucker, C. M.; Pearse, W. D.; Owen, N. R.; Rosindell, J.: The EDGE2 protocol: Advancing the prioritisation of Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered species for practical conservation action. PLoS Biology 21 (2), e3001991 (2023)

Morelle, K.; Barasona, J. A.; Bosch, J.; Heine, G.; Daim, A.; Arnold, J.; Bauch, T.; Kosowska, A.; Cadenas-Fernandez, E.; Aviles, M. M. et al.; Zuniga Dan; Wikelski, M.; Vizcaino-Sanchez, J. M.; Safi, K.: Accelerometer-based detection of African swine fever infection in wild boar. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2005), 20231396 (2023)

Nourani, E.; Safi, K.; de Grissac, S.; Anderson, D. J.; Cole, N. C.; Fell, A.; Gremillet, D.; Lempidakis, E.; Lerma, M.; McKee, J. L. et al.; Pichegru, L.; Provost, P.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Ryan, P. G.; Santos, C. D.; Schoombie, S.; Tatayah, V.; Weimerskirch, H.; Wikelski, M.; Shepard, E. L. C.: Seabird morphology determines operational wind speeds, tolerable maxima, and responses to extremes. Current Biology 33 (6), pp. 1179 - 1184 (2023)

Zhang, Y.; Klein, K.; Schreiber, F.; Safi, K.: Beyond the horizon: immersive developments for animal ecology research. Visual Computing for Industry Biomedicine and Art 6 (1), 11 (2023)

Brønnvik, H.; Safi, K.; Vansteelant, W. M. G.; Byholm, P.; Nourani, E.: Experience does not change the importance of wind support for migratory route selection by a soaring bird. Royal Society Open Science 9 (12), 220746 (2022)

Curk, T.; Kulikova, O.; Fufachev, I.; Wikelski, M.; Safi, K.; Pokrovsky, I.: Arctic migratory raptor selects nesting area during the previous breeding season. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10, 865482 (2022)

Kays, R.; Davidson, S. C.; Berger, M.; Bohrer, G.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.; Hirt, J.; Hahn, C.; Gauggel, D.; Russell, B. et al.; Kölzsch, A.; Lohr, A.; Partecke, J.; Quetting, M.; Safi, K.; Scharf, A. K.; Schneider, G.; Lang, I.; Schaeuffelhut, F.; Landwehr, M.; Storhas, M.; van Schalkwyk, O. L.; Vinciguerra, C.; Weinzierl, R.; Wikelski, M.: The Movebank system for studying global animal movement and demography. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 13 (3), pp. 419 - 431 (2022)

Kölzsch, A.; Davidson, S. C.; Gauggel, D.; Hahn, C.; Hirt, J.; Kays, R.; Lang, I.; Lohr, A.; Russell, B.; Scharf, A. K. et al.; Schneider, G.; Vinciguerra, C. M.; Wikelski, M.; Safi, K.: MoveApps: a serverless no-code analysis platform for animal tracking data. BMC Movement Ecology 10 (1), 30 (2022)

Morant, J.; Scacco, M.; Safi, K.; Gomez, J. M. A.; Alvarez, T.; Sanchez, A.; Phipps, W. L.; Alanis, I. C.; Garcia, J.; Prieta, J. et al.; Zuberogoitia, I.; Lopez-Lopez, P.: Environmental and social correlates, and energetic consequences of fitness maximisation on different migratory behaviours in a long-lived scavenger. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76 (8), 111 (2022)

Sechaud, R.; Schalcher, K.; Almasi, B.; Buhler, A.; Safi, K.; Romano, A.; Roulin, A.: Home range size and habitat quality affect breeding success but not parental investment in barn owl males. Scientific Reports 12 (1), 6516 (2022)

Yusefi, G. H.; Brito, J. C.; Soofi, M.; Safi, K.: Hunting and persecution drive mammal declines in Iran. Scientific Reports 12 (1), 17743 (2022)

Nourani, E.; Bohrer, G.; Becciu, P.; Bierregaard, R. O.; Duriez, O.; Figuerola, J.; Gangoso, L.; Giokas, S.; Higuchi, H.; Kassara, C. et al.; Kulikova, O.; Lecomte, N.; Monti, F.; Pokrovsky, I.; Sforzi, A.; Therrien, J. F.; Tsiopelas, N.; Vansteelant, W. M. G.; Viana, D. S.; Yamaguchi, N. M.; Wikelski, M.; Safi, K.: The interplay of wind and uplift facilitates over-water flight in facultative soaring birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1958), 20211603 (2021)

O'Mara, M. T.; Amorim, F.; Scacco, M.; McCracken, G. F.; Safi, K.; Mata, V.; Tome, R.; Swartz, S.; Wikelski, M.; Beja, P. et al.; Rebelo, H.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Bats use topography and nocturnal updrafts to fly high and fast. Current Biology 31 (6), pp. 1311 - 1316 (2021)

Sechaud, R.; Schalcher, K.; Machado, A. P.; Almasi, B.; Massa, C.; Safi, K.; Roulin, A.: Behaviour-specific habitat selection patterns of breeding barn owls. BMC Movement Ecology 9 (1), 18 (2021)

Smaers, J. B.; Rothman, R. S.; Hudson, D. R.; Balanoff, A. M.; Beatty, B.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; de Vries, D.; Dunn, J. C.; Fleagle, J. G.; Gilbert, C. C. et al.; Goswami, A.; Iwaniuk, A. N.; Jungers, W. L.; Kerney, M.; Ksepka, D. T.; Manger, P. R.; Mongle, C. S.; Rohlf, F. J.; Smith, N. A.; Soligo, C.; Weisbecker, V.; Safi, K.: The evolution of mammalian brain size. Science Advances 7 (18), eabe2101 (2021)

Williams, H. J.; Safi, K.: Certainty and integration of options in animal movement. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 36 (11), pp. 990 - 999 (2021)

Yusefi, G. H.; Safi, K.; Tarroso, P.; Brito, J. C.: The impacts of extreme climate change on mammals differ among functional groups at regional scale: The case of Iranian terrestrial mammals. Diversity and Distributions 27 (9), pp. 1634 - 1647 (2021)

Zein, B.; Long, J. A.; Safi, K.; Kölzsch, A.; Wikelski, M.; Kruckenberg, H.; Demšar, U.: Simulation experiment to test strategies of geomagnetic navigation during long-distance bird migration. BMC Movement Ecology 9, 46 (2021)

Nourani, E.; Vansteelant, W. M. G.; Byholm, P.; Safi, K.: Dynamics of the energy seascape can explain intra-specific variations in sea-crossing behaviour of soaring birds. Biology Letters 16 (1), 20190797 (2020)

Péron, G.; Calabrese, J. M.; Duriez, O.; Fleming, C. H.; García-Jiménez, R.; Johnston, A.; Lambertucci, S. A.; Safi, K.; Shepard, E. L. C.: The challenges of estimating the distribution of flight heights from telemetry or altimetry data. Animal Biotelemetry 8 (1), 5 (2020)

Schwalb-Willmann, J.; Remelgado, R.; Safi, K.; Wegmann, M.: moveVis: Animating movement trajectories in synchronicity with static or temporally dynamic environmental data in r. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 11 (5), pp. 664 - 669 (2020)

O'Mara, M. T.; Scharf, A. K.; Fahr, J.; Abedi-Lartey, M.; Wikelski, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Safi, K.: Overall dynamic body acceleration in straw-colored fruit bats increases in headwinds but not with airspeed. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 200 (2019)

Smaers, J. B.; Mongle, C. S.; Safi, K.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Allometry, evolution and development of neocortex size in mammals. Progress in Brain Research 250, pp. 83 - 107 (2019)

Yusefi, G. H.; Safi, K.; Brito, J. C.: Network- and distance-based methods in bioregionalization processes at regional scale: An application to the terrestrial mammals of Iran. Journal of Biogeography 46 (11), pp. 2433 - 2443 (2019)