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focal animal sampling — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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focal animal sampling

Scope: methodological

Papers: 10 | Mentions: 10

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 71 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on focal animal sampling with 71 nodes and 193 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Marmota, Yellow-bellied Marmot, Colorado East River Valley.

Definition

A behavioral observation method where all behaviors of a single individual are recorded continuously for a specified time period

Related Terms (5)

focal samplingfocal animal behavioral samplingfocal observationsfocal observationfocal animal sample

Publications (10)

Does current weather or seasonality influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

Ant Behavioral Responses to Aphids Colonizing <i> Ligusticum porteri </i>

Behavioral strategies of golden-mantled ground squirrels, <i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>

Pattern and variation of the time budget of yellow-bellied marmots

2015Ethology, Ecology and Evolution

Effects of spontaneous movement on alert distance and flight initiation distance in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

The Landscape of Fear and Trophic Cascades: Does Human Presence at RMBL Affect Deer Behavior?

Variation in vigilance of yellow-bellied marmots due to predator pressure

Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

Olfactory predator discrimination abilities of yellow-bellied marmots <i>(Marmota flaviventris)</i>

Related Concepts (10)

flush early and avoid the rush (FEAR) hypothesis

hypothesis5 shared papers

vigilance behavior

phenomenon5 shared papers

foraging-vigilance trade-off

theory3 shared papers

resource allocation

framework2 shared papers

experience-independent mechanism

hypothesis2 shared papers

phenological mismatch

phenomenon2 shared papers

activity budget

measurement2 shared papers

Many Eyes Hypothesis

hypothesis2 shared papers

aestivation

process1 shared paper

climatological variability

phenomenon1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Marmota

Sciuridae7 papers

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Sciuridae7 papers

Callospermophilus lateralis

Sciuridae6 papers

Spermophilus

Sciuridae6 papers

Canis latrans

Canidae6 papers

Vulpes vulpes

Canidae6 papers

Canis lupus

Canidae5 papers

Odocoileus

Cervidae4 papers

birds and mammals

Puma concolor

Felidae3 papers

2007

Consistency of individual foraging and vigilance patterns in Yellow-Bellied marmots