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Citing Firetail

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M. Berger, T. Petri, M. Gentile, and F. Schäuffelhut, “Firetail – a fast and versatile software for the visualization and analysis of tagged animal data”, Schäuffelhut Berger GmbH, Version 14, Oct. 2025. [Software]. Available from: https://www.firetail.de

Selected Publications

The following groups applied Firetail for their work or cooperated with our team. Thanks a lot!

Sensor-based analysis of behaviour time budgets in young warmblood stallions entering initial preparation for licensing

Eichler, F., Klitzing, L., Strutzke, S., Pilger, F., Kroschel, L., Thöne-Reineke, C., Hoffmann, G. and Kirsch, K.Sensor-based analysis of behaviour time budgets in young warmblood stallions entering initial preparation for licensing Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2026, Vol. 294, pp. 106873

Where do Gyps fulvus (Griffon Vulture) feed? Combining biologging with socioeconomic analysis can guide sustainable ecotourism development
Fozzi, I., Cerri, J., Costantino, C., De Rosa, D., Aresu, M., Muzzeddu, M., Secci, D. and Berlinguer, F.
Where do Gyps fulvus (Griffon Vulture) feed? Combining biologging with socioeconomic analysis can guide sustainable ecotourism development
Ornithological Applications, 2025, pp. duaf042
Different sources of wind turbine data produce sharp differences in collision risk estimates for foraging vultures
Cerri, J., Fozzi, I., Costantino, C., Banič, D., De Rosa, D., Echeverria, J., Pavin, L., Muzzeddu, M., Scacco, M., Secci, D. and Berlinguer, F.
Different sources of wind turbine data produce sharp differences in collision risk estimates for foraging vultures
California Digital Library (CDL), 2024
Death detector: Using vultures as sentinels to detect carcasses by combining bio-logging and machine learning
Rast, W., Portas, R., Shatumbu, G. I., Berger, A., Cloete, C., Curk, T., Götz, T., Aschenborn, O. and Melzheimer, J.
Death detector: Using vultures as sentinels to detect carcasses by combining bio-logging and machine learning
Journal of Applied Ecology, 2024, Vol. 61(12), pp. 2936-2945
Post-fledging dispersal of Western Marsh Harriers(Circus aeruginosus): complex movements, behaviouralchanges and habitat preferences
Post-fledging dispersal of Western Marsh Harriers(Circus aeruginosus): complex movements, behaviouralchanges and habitat preferences
Conservation Biologyand BiodiversityManagement, University of Vienna, 2023
GPS Telemetry Reveals a Zebra With Anthrax as Putative Cause of Death for Three Cheetahs in the Namib Desert
Portas, R., Aschenborn, O. H. K., Melzheimer, J., Le Roux, M., Uiseb, K. H., Czirják, G. Á. and Wachter, B.
GPS Telemetry Reveals a Zebra With Anthrax as Putative Cause of Death for Three Cheetahs in the Namib Desert
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021, Vol. Volume 8 – 2021
Spatial interrelations between raccoons (Procyon lotor), red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), and ground-nesting birds in a Special Protection Area of Germany
Fiderer, C., Göttert, T. and Zeller, U.
Spatial interrelations between raccoons (Procyon lotor), red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), and ground-nesting birds in a Special Protection Area of Germany
European Journal of Wildlife Research, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019, Vol. 65(1)

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M Wikelski using Firetail, housecat project - MPI-AB

German television documentary – tracking house cats  How the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior uses Firetail to analyse the behavior of tagged house cats.

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