Abstract:Chapter 2 was split into three distinct questions: 1) are parental nesting behaviors repeatable, 2) is a one hour sample sufficient to capture variability in these behaviors, and 3) is the first hour of recording sufficient to capture variability in these behaviors. I found overwhelming evidence that the behaviors I measured were repeatable. This is important because lack of repeatability would call into question the use of single point samples of behavior to study animal behavior. I similarly found strong evi… Show more
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