Inferential and visual analysis of ethogram data using multivariate techniques

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 563-569

  Stafford, Richard ^a   Goodenough, Anne E ^b   Slater, Kathy ^c   Carpenter, William ^b   Collins, Laura ^b   Cruickshank, Heather ^b   Downing, Sarah ^b   Hall, Sally ^b   McDonald, Katie ^d   McDonnell, Heather ^b   Overs, Bryony ^b   Spiers, Lizzie ^b   Stetter, Mark ^e   Zitzer, Heike ^c   Hart, Adam G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Hope House   (United Kingdom)

^d West Midland Safari Park   (United Kingdom)

^e Walt Disney World   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Bootstrap; Confidence interval; Crab; Dog; Elephant; Ethogram; Principal component analysis; Tiger

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84856100135     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.11.020     Document Type: Note

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