animal behaviour Flashcards
what is a behaviour
‘The most observable response that an animal gives to a stimuli.’
what is a stimuli
Events that cause an organism to perform an activity or start a reaction’
what are social behaviours
interaction (directed behaviours) to another individuals
example of social behaviour
penguins doing aloe grooming on each other’s faces
what are foraging behaviours
set pattern that a species uses to locate and identify food
example of foraging behaviour
ducks feeding on fish
what is animal welfare
‘The state of an individual as it attempts to cope with its environment’ (Broom, 1986).
pure aspects of animal behaviuour
• Evolutionary biology. o Macaque monkeys • Behavioural ecology. o How does the environment shape the behaviours animals perform to get benefits • Cognition and consciousness. • Human and animal comparisons.
what is Ad libitum sample
• Ad libitum – All behaviours are recorded.
what is Focal sample
• Focal – Focus on one individual.
what is a Scan sample
• Scan – Scan group at regular intervals. Assume everyone in the group is doing the same thing. Count number of times it is being performed
what is a Behavioural sample
• Behavioural – Record occurrence of a particular behaviour
what is Continuous recording
• Continuous – Exact record of behaviour as records each occurrence.
o Most difficult but most accurate
what is Instantaneous recording
• Instantaneous – Divide sample period into short intervals and record behaviour on the time point.
o Most common form of sampling. Easiest method to record experimental noise
what is • One-Zero recording
• One-Zero – Record whether behaviour has occurred in sample period.
o Rare behaviour (e.g. only at particular points in the day)
o Have a spreadsheet, put zero when you don’t see the behaviour and one when you do
o E.g. flamingos. Hard to count individual birds. Break time into minutes, if you see display in first minute you give a one.
