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Ethogram Template. Research your target species and, Lecture notes of Animal Biology

Ethogram Template. Research your target species and complete the headings below. Use a stopwatch on your phone to tick.

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Ethogram Template. Research your target species and
complete the headings below. Use a stopwatch on your phone to tick
the behaviors observed at 30s intervals.
Time
(mins)
Behaviors
Ascribe behaviors for your focal species in the boxes below (E.g. sleep, eat, play, groom)
Notes
(Record anything affecting behaviour)
Other (describe)
0:30
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00
5:30
6:00
6:30
7:00
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
Totals
Name(s) of observers
Date
Weather
Time
Other relevant information (e.g. no. of visitors, feeding time, keeper presence)
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Ethogram Template. Research your target species and

complete the headings below. Use a stopwatch on your phone to tick the behaviors observed at 30s intervals. Time (mins) Behaviors Ascribe behaviors for your focal species in the boxes below (E.g. sleep, eat, play, groom) Notes (Record anything affecting behaviour) Other (describe) 0: 1: 1: 2: 2: 3: 3: 4: 4: 5: 5: 6: 6: 7: 7: 8: 8: 9: 9: 10: Totals Name(s) of observers Date Study Species Weather Time Study Animal (identifying features) Other relevant information (e.g. no. of visitors, feeding time, keeper presence)

  1. What were the most frequent behaviors you observed for the target animal?
  2. Was there an obvious stimulus for any of the behaviors observed? Was there a change in behaviour over time?
  3. How do you think this behaviour would help the animal to survive in their native environment? 4. How does this behaviour compare to other conspecifics in the group? 5. How does this behavior compare to other species observed during the Zoo visit?
  4. Do you think the behavior you measured was internally valid (i.e., actually measured that behavior and not something else)?
  5. Was the method (i.e., focal, scan, etc.) used appropriate for this study?
  6. If you repeated the observation again, would you do it differently?
  7. What was the Cohen’s Kappa score between you and your partner (1. Calculate observed behavior; 2. Calculate expected behavior)?