G. K. Taylor

The paper introduces Detect+Track, a software tool for accurate fish tracking and behavioural analysis in complex environments.

This paper demonstrates ultra-fast synchrotron-based micro-CT for 3D scanning of an unrestrained live insect at micrometre resolution, showing its potential in physiology and biomechanics.

This study shows zebra finches use brightness cues to select flight paths through tunnels, preferring bright backgrounds and exiting toward the bright side.

This study investigates how pigeons select and steer through gaps during obstacle avoidance, finding that gap choice is influenced by intrinsic handedness and that steering is best modeled by delayed proportional navigation.

This study shows how Harris hawks avoid collisions during prey pursuit by combining continuous target feedback with discrete feedforward steering corrections.

This study tests if Harris hawks can use visual information alone to model their pursuit of terrestrial targets, finding that visual-only models fit data as well as visual-inertial models.

This study shows Manx Shearwaters optimize flight to harvest wind energy through fine-scale trajectory adjustments, influencing their large-scale distribution at sea.

The paper shows that aerial predators target fixed points in dense prey aggregations rather than individual prey, simplifying their sensory demands and increasing the likelihood of confusion effects in sparse groups.

The paper shows that Harris hawks optimize perching by minimizing distance flown under hazardous conditions, not time or energy, using motion capture and flight dynamics modeling.

The paper presents a method to analyze visual attention in flying birds by combining motion capture data with virtual camera renderings, studying visual field stabilisation and gaze shifts during perching and obstacle avoidance.

The paper models the attack behavior of Gyrfalcons using proportional navigation guidance law with lower gain compared to Peregrines, promoting tail-chasing behavior.

This study examines how bat swarming behavior affects predation risk by hawks, finding that swarming reduces bat risk but does not hinder hawk catch success, which depends on specific aerial maneuvers.

The paper develops a blade element model for insect flight that incorporates 3D wing kinematics and empirically fits aerodynamic forces using free-flight data from hoverflies.

The paper analyzes wing kinematics of hoverflies using functional principal components analysis to identify control input variables in flapping flight.

This study quantifies the biomechanical and energetic costs of flocking in homing pigeons, finding that paired flight increases route accuracy but raises aerodynamic costs by ~14%.