Integrating cognitive science and movement ecology through the establishment of a Technosmart Avian Tracking System

通过建立Technosmart鸟类追踪系统，整合认知科学与运动生态学

• 批准号: RTI-2019-00674
• 负责人: Kelly, Debbie
• 金额: $ 6.54万
• 依托单位: University of Manitoba
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=655271
• 关键词: Integrating; cognitive; science; movement; ecology

***Movement patterns of wild animals are being described in unprecedented detail as new technology heralds a ‘golden age' in movement ecology research. At the same time, biomedical advances are revolutionizing our understanding of animal cognition and the underlying brain mechanisms. However, these fields have largely been ‘two solitudes' with knowledge of cognitive processes underlying spatial memory seldom used to interpret movement patterns. Cutting-edge microelectronics have provided the opportunity to link these two fields in wild passerine birds, and we are requesting support to establish a 6-receiver mobile Technosmart Avian Tracking System consisting of integrated GPS units and remote-download base stations. This novel technological advance (invented in 2018, no such system is present in Canada) allows, for the first time, the remote high frequency, long-term GPS tracking of small birds with meter-level accuracy. With this technology, we will test the idea that spatial memory influences movement patterns in three species of corvids.******The purchase of this equipment would not only support the interdisciplinary collaboration between Drs. Debbie Kelly (Psychology, University of Manitoba), Kyle Elliott (Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University) and Mélanie Guigueno (Biology, McGill University), but will further the innovative investigations of each researchers' independent program. Over the next five years, this mobile equipment will be used by our research team to test hypotheses of corvid scatter-hoarding behavior integrating cognitive, ecological and neural levels (DK, KE, MG), comparative spatial cognition of corvids (DK), conservation of migratory birds (KE), and behavioural ecology of brood parasites (MG). In the short-term, this integrative and interdisciplinary research will form the foundation of cutting-edge training programs for 25 HQP, including postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students.******The activities enabled with this state-of-the-art equipment, will allow the applicants and their trainees to make urgently-needed discoveries at the frontier of psychology, ecology and neuroscience. As any user with a compatible GPS unit can use our system, the network will be used by other researchers and provide many training opportunities for future HQP. Our system will expand our knowledge at the nexus of several fields, supporting Canadian and international research and conservation efforts.

* 野生动物的运动模式正在被前所未有的详细描述，因为新技术预示着运动生态学研究的“黄金时代”。与此同时，生物医学的进步正在彻底改变我们对动物认知和潜在大脑机制的理解。然而，这些领域在很大程度上是“两个solerance”与认知过程的知识基础空间记忆很少用来解释运动模式。尖端的微电子技术为在野生雀形目鸟类中将这两个领域联系起来提供了机会，我们正在请求提供支持，以建立一个6接收器移动的Technosmart鸟类跟踪系统，该系统由集成的全球定位系统装置和远程下载基站组成。这项新颖的技术进步（发明于2018年，加拿大没有此类系统）首次允许以米级精度对小鸟进行远程高频、长期GPS跟踪。通过这项技术，我们将测试空间记忆影响三种乌鸦的运动模式的想法。购买该设备不仅将支持Debbie Kelly博士（心理学，马尼托巴大学），凯尔埃利奥特（自然资源科学，麦吉尔大学）和Mélanie Guigueno（生物学，麦吉尔大学）之间的跨学科合作，而且将进一步促进每个研究人员独立项目的创新研究。在接下来的五年里，我们的研究团队将使用这种移动的设备来测试乌鸦分散囤积行为的假设，整合认知，生态和神经水平（DK，KE，MG），乌鸦的比较空间认知（DK），候鸟的保护（KE）和育雏寄生虫的行为生态学（MG）。在短期内，这种综合性和跨学科的研究将成为25名HQP的尖端培训计划的基础，包括博士后研究员，研究生和本科生。通过这种最先进的设备进行的活动将使申请人及其学员能够在心理学，生态学和神经科学的前沿领域进行迫切需要的发现。由于任何具有兼容GPS单元的用户都可以使用我们的系统，因此该网络将被其他研究人员使用，并为未来的HQP提供许多培训机会。我们的系统将扩大我们在几个领域的联系，支持加拿大和国际研究和保护工作的知识。