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However, real-world grazing environments present significant challenges due to complex backgrounds, occlusions, small or distant targets, and high visual similarity between behavior categories. To address these issues, we propose a problem-driven, multi-scale behavior recognition framework based on an enhanced YOLOv11n architecture specifically designed for outdoor yak monitoring. A dedicated real-world dataset is constructed to capture four fundamental behaviors under diverse natural conditions. Based on this dataset, we develop the DPAP-YOLOv11n model, which incorporates Dynamic Convolution for adaptive feature modulation and Pinwheel-shaped Convolution (PConv) for fine-grained spatial representation. Additionally, a YOLOv7-Aux auxiliary training head is introduced to strengthen intermediate feature learning, and a Focal-PIoU loss function is adopted to improve robustness against hard or ambiguous samples. Experimental results show that DPAP-YOLOv11n outperforms the baseline YOLOv11n, achieving gains of 2.4% in mAP@50 and 2.8% in mAP@50\u201395. These findings demonstrate the practical potential of the proposed approach for high-precision, real-time yak behavior recognition in complex field environments.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/info17020214","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,19]],"date-time":"2026-02-19T11:44:27Z","timestamp":1771501467000},"page":"214","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Wild Yak Behavior Recognition Method Based on an Improved Yolov11"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0259-2447","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jun","family":"Tie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer Science, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China"},{"name":"Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Management of Manufacturing Enterprise, Wuhan 430074, China"}]},{"given":"Basang","family":"Dunzhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer Science, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China"},{"name":"Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Management of Manufacturing Enterprise, Wuhan 430074, China"}]},{"given":"Lu","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer Science, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China"},{"name":"Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Blockchain and Intelligent Management, Wuhan 430074, China"}]},{"given":"Jin","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Management of Manufacturing Enterprise, Wuhan 430074, China"},{"name":"Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Blockchain and Intelligent Management, Wuhan 430074, China"}]},{"given":"Shasha","family":"Tian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Management of Manufacturing Enterprise, Wuhan 430074, China"},{"name":"Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Blockchain and Intelligent Management, Wuhan 430074, China"}]},{"given":"Shuangyang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer Science, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China"},{"name":"Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Blockchain and Intelligent Management, Wuhan 430074, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"42","article-title":"Research on Pig Behavior Recognition Based on the Combination of Wearable Sensors","volume":"46","author":"He","year":"2025","journal-title":"J. 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