Behaviour accumulation curves: a method to study the completeness of behavioural repertoires

Dias, Pedro Américo D.; Rangel‐Negrín, Ariadna; Coyohua-Fuentes, Alejandro; Canales‐Espinosa, Domingo

doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.015

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“…These two curves revealed a plateau at 22.3 and 5.2 hrs of observation, respectively. Overall, we exceeded the minimum threshold of completeness for the SH ethogram in this group (i.e., 90%; Dias et al, 2009). Thus, the behavior discovery curves (Figure 1 and Figure 2) provide evidence that this comprehensive ethogram is representative of the SH patterns performed in the Ubud population of long-tailed macaques in 2008.…”

Section: Sh Ethogrammentioning

confidence: 82%

Behavior Systems Approach to Object Play: Stone Handling Repertoire as a Measure of Propensity for Complex Foraging and Percussive Tool Use in the Genus Macaca

Pelletier¹,

Kaufmann²,

Mohak³

et al. 2017

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Section: Sh Ethogrammentioning

confidence: 82%

Behavior Systems Approach to Object Play: Stone Handling Repertoire as a Measure of Propensity for Complex Foraging and Percussive Tool Use in the Genus Macaca

Pelletier¹,

Kaufmann²,

Mohak³

et al. 2017

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“…In territorial birds, asymptotic counts characterize repertoires well (Strager, 1995;Dias et al, 2009;Peshek and Blumstein, 2011), but in these species hundreds of individually attributed calls can be collected in short sampling blocks. In contrast, samples of attributed killer whale calls collected in this study were small and spanned longer periods.…”

Section: Juvenile Repertoire Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Evidence for vocal learning in juvenile male killer whales,Orcinus orca, from an adventitious cross-socializing experiment

Crance

Bowles

Garver

2014

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are thought to learn their vocal dialect. Dispersal in the species is rare, but effects of shifts in social association on the dialect can be studied under controlled conditions. Individual call repertoires and social association were measured in three adult female killer whales and three males (two juveniles and an adult) during two periods, 2001-2003 and 2005-2006. Three distinct dialect repertoires were represented among the subjects. An adventitious experiment in social change resulted from the birth of a calf and the transfer of two non-focal subjects in 2004. Across the two periods, 1691 calls were collected, categorized and attributed to individuals. Repertoire overlap for each subject dyad was compared with an index of association. During 2005-2006, the two juvenile males increased association with the unrelated adult male. By the end of the period, both had begun producing novel calls and call features characteristic of his repertoire. However, there was little or no reciprocal change and the adult females did not acquire his calls. Repertoire overlap and association were significantly correlated in the first period. In the second, median association time and repertoire similarity increased, but the relationship was only marginally significant. The results provided evidence that juvenile male killer whales are capable of learning new call types, possibly stimulated by a change in social association. The pattern of learning was consistent with a selective convergence of male repertoires.

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“…Behavioral completeness was evaluated using the method suggested by Dias et al (2009) where new behaviors are recorded as a function of the observation period. This method is particularly useful to describe the relationship between the sampling effort and the behavioral observations, since the probability of adding new acts decreases with the number of recorded behaviors, graphically the behavioral completeness can be visualized by using asymptotic curves (Lehner 1996).…”

Section: Analyses Of Behavioral Repertorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This method is particularly useful to describe the relationship between the sampling effort and the behavioral observations, since the probability of adding new acts decreases with the number of recorded behaviors, graphically the behavioral completeness can be visualized by using asymptotic curves (Lehner 1996). The recorded proportion of the behavioral repertoire is estimated as the ratio between the total number of observed behaviors and the predicted number of behavioral acts, the latter parameter can be obtained by using a non-linear regression on the data, which is fitted to the Clench equation (Dias et al 2009). Non-linear curve fitting and parameter estimation were performed with the R statistical software version 3.1.1 (R Core Team 2014).…”

Section: Analyses Of Behavioral Repertorymentioning

confidence: 99%

First Characterization of the Behavioral Repertory in a Ricinuleid: Cryptocellus narino Platnick & Paz 1979 (Arachnida, Ricinulei, Ricinoididae)

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Ricinuleids are considered one of the most enigmatic and neglected arachnid orders. The low diversity and poor local abundance of several species, makes the study of most aspects related to biology and behavior of this group very difficult. Most of the current knowledge related to ricinuleid biology relies on anecdotal observations. So far, no published studies exist that describe in detail ricinuleid behavior. Here we present the behavioral repertory of a ricinuleid, the Neotropical species Cryptocellus narino. Eighteen individuals (six males, six females and six immatures) were examined under laboratory conditions to describe and quantify their behavioral repertory and its variation along the day. The behavioral repertory in males exhibited a higher number of behavioral acts when compared to females and immatures. The most frequent J Insect Behav behavioral categories were "resting", "exploring" and "feeding". "Resting" was the most common behavior during the photophase, while "feeding" and "exploring" were the most common during scotophase, suggesting this species is predominantly nocturnal. This study also provides behaviors previously not known for this group as well as a description of the daily schedule. We expect this work will become a baseline study for further research on ricinuleid ethology.

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Behaviour accumulation curves: a method to study the completeness of behavioural repertoires

Cited by 18 publications

References 12 publications

Behavior Systems Approach to Object Play: Stone Handling Repertoire as a Measure of Propensity for Complex Foraging and Percussive Tool Use in the Genus Macaca

Behavior Systems Approach to Object Play: Stone Handling Repertoire as a Measure of Propensity for Complex Foraging and Percussive Tool Use in the Genus Macaca

Evidence for vocal learning in juvenile male killer whales,Orcinus orca, from an adventitious cross-socializing experiment

First Characterization of the Behavioral Repertory in a Ricinuleid: Cryptocellus narino Platnick & Paz 1979 (Arachnida, Ricinulei, Ricinoididae)

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