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Megan Murgatroyd
Researcher at Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Publications - 13
Citations - 332
Megan Murgatroyd is an academic researcher from Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Biology. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 10 publications receiving 217 citations. Previous affiliations of Megan Murgatroyd include University of Cape Town & Endangered Wildlife Trust.
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Analysis of animal accelerometer data using hidden Markov models
Vianey Leos-Barajas,Theoni Photopoulou,Theoni Photopoulou,Roland Langrock,Toby A. Patterson,Yuuki Y. Watanabe,Yuuki Y. Watanabe,Megan Murgatroyd,Megan Murgatroyd,Yannis P. Papastamatiou,Yannis P. Papastamatiou +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an unsupervised learning approach is used to infer new aspects of animal behaviour when biologically meaningful response variables are used, with the caveat that the states may not map to specific behaviours.
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Analysis of animal accelerometer data using hidden Markov models
Vianey Leos-Barajas,Theoni Photopoulou,Theoni Photopoulou,Roland Langrock,Toby A. Patterson,Yuuki Y. Watanabe,Yuuki Y. Watanabe,Megan Murgatroyd,Megan Murgatroyd,Yannis P. Papastamatiou,Yannis P. Papastamatiou +10 more
TL;DR: The ability to combine direct observations of animal activity with statistical models, which account for the features of accelerometer data, offers a new way to quantify animal behaviour, energetic expenditure and deepen the insights into individual behaviour as a constituent of populations and ecosystems.
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Adaptability of a specialist predator: the effects of land use on diet diversification and breeding performance of Verreaux's eagles
TL;DR: The results suggest that diet diversification does not necessarily impinge on breeding performance in the presence of adequate alternative prey resources, adding to the growing number of studies suggesting that some predators may be adaptable up to a threshold level of habitat transformation.
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Patterns of satellite tagged hen harrier disappearances suggest widespread illegal killing on British grouse moors
Megan Murgatroyd,Stephen M. Redpath,Stephen M. Redpath,Stephen G. Murphy,David J. T. Douglas,Richard Saunders,Arjun Amar +6 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that hen harriers in Britain suffer elevated levels of mortality on grouse moors, which is most likely the result of illegal killing on moors managed for recreational shooting of red grouse.
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The influence of agricultural transformation on the breeding performance of a top predator: Verreaux's Eagles in contrasting land use areas
TL;DR: This paper explored the influence of agricultural transformation on a specialist raptor, Verreaux's Eagle (Aquila verreauxii), and found that breeding productivity was higher in the agricultural than in the natural site.