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TiLIA: a software package for image analysis of firefly flash patterns.

ABSTRACT: As flash signaling patterns of fireflies are species specific, signal-pattern analysis is important for understanding this system of communication. Here, we present time-lapse image analysis (TiLIA), a free open-source software package for signal and flight pattern analyses of fireflies that uses video-recorded image data. TiLIA enables flight path tracing of individual fireflies and provides frame-by-frame coordinates and light intensity data. As an example of TiLIA capabilities, we demonstrate flash pattern analysis of the fireflies Luciola cruciata and L. lateralis during courtship behavior.

SUBMITTER: Konno J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4814377 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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TiLIA: a software package for image analysis of firefly flash patterns.

Konno Junsuke J Hatta-Ohashi Yoko Y Akiyoshi Ryutaro R Thancharoen Anchana A Silalom Somyot S Sakchoowong Watana W Yiu Vor V Ohba Nobuyoshi N Suzuki Hirobumi H

Ecology and evolution 20160330 9

As flash signaling patterns of fireflies are species specific, signal-pattern analysis is important for understanding this system of communication. Here, we present time-lapse image analysis (TiLIA), a free open-source software package for signal and flight pattern analyses of fireflies that uses video-recorded image data. TiLIA enables flight path tracing of individual fireflies and provides frame-by-frame coordinates and light intensity data. As an example of TiLIA capabilities, we demonstrate ...[more]

PMID: 27069594

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TiLIA: a software package for image analysis of firefly flash patterns.

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TiLIA: a software package for image analysis of firefly flash patterns.

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