Search Results - "Wotherspoon, Simon"

A simple modification of Newton’s method to achieve convergence of order 1+2 by McDougall, Trevor J., Wotherspoon, Simon J.

“…A simple modification to the standard Newton method for approximating the root of a univariate function is described and analyzed. For the same number of…”
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Elephant seal foraging success is enhanced in Antarctic coastal polynyas by Arce, Fernando, Hindell, Mark A, McMahon, Clive R, Wotherspoon, Simon J, Guinet, Christophe, Harcourt, Robert G, Bestley, Sophie

“…Antarctic polynyas are persistent open water areas which enable early and large seasonal phytoplankton blooms. This high primary productivity, boosted by iron…”
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Bayesian estimation of animal movement from archival and satellite tags by Sumner, Michael D, Wotherspoon, Simon J, Hindell, Mark A

“…The reliable estimation of animal location, and its associated error is fundamental to animal ecology. There are many existing techniques for handling location…”
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Drones count wildlife more accurately and precisely than humans by Hodgson, Jarrod C., Mott, Rowan, Baylis, Shane M., Pham, Trung T., Wotherspoon, Simon, Kilpatrick, Adam D., Raja Segaran, Ramesh, Reid, Ian, Terauds, Aleks, Koh, Lian Pin, Yoccoz, Nigel

“…Knowing how many individuals are in a wildlife population allows informed management decisions to be made. Ecologists are increasingly using technologies, such…”
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Light‐level geolocator analyses: A user's guide by Lisovski, Simeon, Bauer, Silke, Briedis, Martins, Davidson, Sarah C., Dhanjal‐Adams, Kiran L., Hallworth, Michael T., Karagicheva, Julia, Meier, Christoph M., Merkel, Benjamin, Ouwehand, Janne, Pedersen, Lykke, Rakhimberdiev, Eldar, Roberto‐Charron, Amélie, Seavy, Nathaniel E., Sumner, Michael D., Taylor, Caz M., Wotherspoon, Simon J., Bridge, Eli S., Street, Garrett

“…Light‐level geolocator tags use ambient light recordings to estimate the whereabouts of an individual over the time it carried the device. Over the past…”
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Multi-decadal decline in cover of giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera at the southern limit of its Australian range by Butler, Claire L., Lucieer, Vanessa L., Wotherspoon, Simon J., Johnson, Craig R.

“…Knowledge of long-term and multi-scale trends in ecological systems is a vital component in understanding their dynamics. We used Landsat satellite imagery to…”
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Statistical solutions for error and bias in global citizen science datasets by Bird, Tomas J., Bates, Amanda E., Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Hill, Nicole A., Thomson, Russell J., Edgar, Graham J., Stuart-Smith, Rick D., Wotherspoon, Simon, Krkosek, Martin, Stuart-Smith, Jemina F., Pecl, Gretta T., Barrett, Neville, Frusher, Stewart

“…•Citizen-scientist (CS) datasets offer unique opportunities and challenges to the study of global conservation priorities.•Fortunately, issues of error and…”
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A climatological model of North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone genesis, tracks and landfall by Wahiduzzaman, Mohammad, Oliver, Eric C. J., Wotherspoon, Simon J., Holbrook, Neil J.

“…Extensive damage and loss of life can be caused by tropical cyclones (TCs) that make landfall. Modelling of TC landfall probability is beneficial to…”
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Twilight‐free geolocation from noisy light data by Bindoff, Aidan D., Wotherspoon, Simon J., Guinet, Christophe, Hindell, Mark A., Orme, David

“…Solar geolocation is used to quantify the movements of animals tagged with sensors that record ambient light with respect to time. Global location sensor (GLS)…”
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Seasonal forecasting of tropical cyclones in the North Indian Ocean region: the role of El Niño-Southern Oscillation by Wahiduzzaman, Md, Oliver, Eric C. J., Wotherspoon, Simon J., Luo, Jing-Jia

“…In this study, we have investigated the contribution of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) to the North Indian Ocean (NIO) tropical cyclone (TC) activity and…”
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Satellite tag derived data from two Antarctic blue whales ( Balaenopteramusculusintermedia ) tagged in the east Antarctic sector of the Southern Ocean by Andrews-Goff, Virginia, Bell, Elanor M, Miller, Brian S, Wotherspoon, Simon J, Double, Michael C

“…Satellite tags were deployed on two Antarctic blue whales ( ) in the east Antarctic sector of the Southern Ocean as part of the International Whaling…”
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Decadal changes in habitat characteristics influence population trajectories of southern elephant seals by Hindell, Mark A., Sumner, Michael, Bestley, Sophie, Wotherspoon, Simon, Harcourt, Robert G., Lea, Mary‐Anne, Alderman, Rachael, McMahon, Clive R.

“…Understanding divergent biological responses to climate change is important for predicting ecosystem level consequences. We use species habitat models to…”
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Delay in Adélie penguin nest occupation restricts parental investment in nest construction and reduces reproductive output by McLatchie, Madi J., Emmerson, Louise, Wotherspoon, Simon, Southwell, Colin

“…Reproductive success is an important demographic parameter that can be driven by environmental and behavioural factors operating on various spatio‐temporal…”
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Distribution of Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni along East Antarctica: Environmental drivers and management implications by Yates, Peter, Ziegler, Philippe, Welsford, Dirk, Wotherspoon, Simon, Burch, Paul, Maschette, Dale

“…•Toothfish catches varied according to topography, temperature, salinity and sea ice.•Catch rates were highest at depths between 1000–1700 m.•Mean weight…”
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A statistical seasonal forecast model of North Indian Ocean tropical cyclones using the quasi‐biennial oscillation by Wahiduzzaman, Md, Oliver, Eric C. J., Klotzbach, Philip J., Wotherspoon, Simon J., Holbrook, Neil J.

“…Previous studies have shown that the skill of seasonal forecasts of tropical cyclone (TC) activity over the North Indian Ocean (NIO) tends to be poor. This…”
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Horizontal-vertical movement relationships: Adélie penguins forage continuously throughout provisioning trips by Riaz, Javed, Bestley, Sophie, Wotherspoon, Simon, Emmerson, Louise

“…Abstract Background Diving marine predators forage in a three-dimensional environment, adjusting their horizontal and vertical movement behaviour in response…”
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Climate influences on female survival in a declining population of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) by Volzke, Sophia, McMahon, Clive R., Hindell, Mark A., Burton, Harry R., Wotherspoon, Simon J.

“…The Southern Ocean has been disproportionately affected by climate change and is therefore an ideal place to study the influence of changing environmental…”
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Projected Tasman Sea Extremes in Sea Surface Temperature through the Twenty-First Century by Oliver, Eric C. J., Wotherspoon, Simon J., Chamberlain, Matthew A., Holbrook, Neil J.

“…Ocean climate extremes have received little treatment in the literature, aside from coastal sea level and temperatures affecting coral bleaching. Further, it…”
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Location matters: Using spatially explicit occupancy models to predict the distribution of the highly mobile, endangered swift parrot by Webb, Matthew H., Wotherspoon, Simon, Stojanovic, Dejan, Heinsohn, Robert, Cunningham, Ross, Bell, Phil, Terauds, Aleks

“…•Occupancy models were used to predict the distribution of swift parrots across their breeding range.•We used smoothed spatially explicit covariates in…”
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Two scales of distribution and biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the eastern sector of the CCAMLR Division 58.4.2 (55°E to 80°E) by Cox, Martin J., Macaulay, Gavin, Brasier, Madeleine J., Burns, Alicia, Johnson, Olivia J., King, Rob, Maschette, Dale, Melvin, Jessica, Smith, Abigail J. R., Weldrick, Christine K., Wotherspoon, Simon, Kawaguchi, So

“…Regular monitoring is an important component of the successful management of pelagic animals of interest to commercial fisheries. Here we provide a biomass…”
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