Library
Browse resources published by our research team.
In addition to full texts of our peer-reviewed articles, our library includes research digests that break down our peer-reviewed articles; in-depth reports that thoroughly examine a topic; commentaries that explain the significance of particular issues in wild animal welfare science; and short communications that briefly survey a field or topic.
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Bye-bye bycatch: a remotely closing trap for targeted songbird capture
Bonnie Flint, Ben Vernasco
Flint, B. F., & Vernasco, B. J. (2025). Bye-bye bycatch: a remotely closing trap for targeted songbird capture. Journal of Field Ornithology, 96(4), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.5751/JFO-00744-960408
Plugging biologging into animal welfare: An opportunity for advancing wild animal welfare science
Michaël Beaulieu, Michaela Masilkova
Beaulieu, M., & Masilkova, M. (2024). Plugging biologging into animal welfare: An opportunity for advancing wild animal welfare science. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15(12), 2172–2188. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14441
Methods for studying wild animals’ causes of death
In part two of this series, Luke Hecht introduces some of the tools and approaches used to study wild animals’ causes of death.
Long-term design considerations for wild animal welfare interventions
How persistent and reversible should our interventions be? Simon Eckerström Liedholm explores two important factors in assessing the merits of interventions to improve wild animal welfare.