Measuring and recording animal behaviour Flashcards

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Latency

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Time between stimulus occuring and response behaviour

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Frequency

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Number of times a behviour occurs in observation period

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Duration

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Lentgh of time each behaviour occurs during observation

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ETHOGRAM

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Lists species specific behaviours to be observed and recorded in a wild context

Allows construction of time budgets ?

Proportion of time spent on each behviur can be calculated

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Anthromorphism

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Attributing human charaxteristics to non human species!!!

Always avoid it especially when analysing behviour

As it can lead to INVALID conclusions

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