KA 1: field techniques for biologists: measuring and recording animal behaviour Flashcards
list some of the measurements used to quantify animal behaviour
-latency
-frequency
-duration
what is latency?
the time between the stimulus occurring and the response behaviour
what is frequency?
the number of times a behaviour occurs within the observation period
what is duration?
the length of time each behaviour occurs during the observation period
what does an ethogram of the behaviours in a wild context allow?
the construction of time budgets
what is an ethogram?
lists species-specific behaviours to be observed and recorded in the study
what does recording the duration of each of the behaviours in the ethogram allow?
proportion of time spent on each behaviour to be calculated in the time budget
what is the importance of avoiding anthromorphism when analysing behaviour?
what is the importance of avoiding anthromorphism when analysing behaviour?