Analysis of the optimal duration of behavioral observations based on an automated continuous monitoring system in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor): Is one hour good enough?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Lendvai, Ádám Z ^a,b   Akçay, Çaʇlar ^a   Ouyang, Jenny Q ^a,c   Dakin, Roslyn ^d,e   Domalik, Alice D ^e   St John, Prianka S ^e   Stanback, Mark ^f   Moore, Ignacio T ^a   Bonier, Frances ^a,e  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREE SWALLOW; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SWALLOW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SWALLOWS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84955440104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141194     Document Type: Article

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