Open-Source, Low-Cost Tools for Environmental and Behavioral Monitoring

Thomas Franzem; Andrew Schulz; Andrew Schulz; Brett Seymoure; Yash Sondhi

doi:10.1093/icb/icag153

August 12, 2026Integrative and Comparative Biology

Open-Source, Low-Cost Tools for Environmental and Behavioral Monitoring

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To review and highlight open-source, affordable instrumentation designed for recording animal behavior and environmental variables.
Synthesizes designs and implementations of open-source hardware, software, and DIY sensing technologies tailored for ecological and behavioral research.
Identifies affordable sensing frameworks that reduce cost barriers for field and laboratory behavioral studies.
Demonstrates modular, community-driven hardware designs that enable customizable and scalable ecological data collection.

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Methodological overview demonstrates low-cost, open-source instrumentation for behavioral tracking, highlighting accessible ecological research workflows.

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Thomas P Franzem, Andrew Quitemeyer, Andrew K Schulz, Brett Seymoure, Yash Sondhi; Open-Source, Low-Cost Tools for Environmental and Behavioral Monitoring,

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