The use of miniaturised Bluetooth Low Energy proximity loggers to study contacts among small rodents in agricultural settings

Florian Huels; Bram Vanden Broecke; Vincent Sluydts; Lucinda Kirkpatrick; Ivan Herrera Olivares; Hendrik Ennen; Dries Vermeiren; Herwig Leirs; Jens Jacob

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0312553

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The use of miniaturised Bluetooth Low Energy proximity loggers to study contacts among small rodents in agricultural settings

Florian Huels ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: florian.huels@julius-kuehn.de

Affiliation Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Rodent Research, Muenster, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-3011

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Bram Vanden Broecke,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO), University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2410-1255

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Vincent Sluydts,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO), University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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Lucinda Kirkpatrick,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO), University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium, IoSA Tracking – Internet of Small Animals, Antwerp, Belgium
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Ivan Herrera Olivares,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation IoSA Tracking – Internet of Small Animals, Antwerp, Belgium
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Hendrik Ennen,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Rodent Research, Muenster, Germany
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Dries Vermeiren,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO), University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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Herwig Leirs,

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO), University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium, IoSA Tracking – Internet of Small Animals, Antwerp, Belgium
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Jens Jacob

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Rodent Research, Muenster, Germany
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The use of miniaturised Bluetooth Low Energy proximity loggers to study contacts among small rodents in agricultural settings

Florian Huels,
Bram Vanden Broecke,
Vincent Sluydts,
Lucinda Kirkpatrick,
Ivan Herrera Olivares,
Hendrik Ennen,
Dries Vermeiren,
Herwig Leirs,
Jens Jacob

Published: January 3, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312553

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