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mirror image stimulus test — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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mirror image stimulus test

Scope: behavioral ecology

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

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Knowledge graph centered on mirror image stimulus test with 30 nodes and 109 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, mark-recapture (Sciuridae), herbaceous plants, focal animal sampling (Sciuridae), Taraxacum.

Definition

Behavioral test using mirror exposure to gauge shy and bold behavior through observed interactions with reflection

Related Terms (2)

MISMIS test

Publications (2)

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

Individual differences and reproductive success in yellow-bellied marmots

2003Ethology Ecology and Evolutionmeasured

Related Concepts (8)

lifetime reproductive success

metric1 shared paper

time allocation tradeoff

theory1 shared paper

focal animal sampling

methodology1 shared paper

animal personality

phenomenon1 shared paper

behavioral syndromes

theory1 shared paper

insect recruitment

process1 shared paper

shy-bold continuum

framework1 shared paper

novel stimulus response

phenomenon1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae2 papers

Gasterosteus aculeatus

Gasterosteidae2 papers

herbaceous plants

Branta canadensis

Anatidae1 paper

Branta canadeusis

Canada goose

Otospermophilus beecheyi

Sciuridae1 paper

Marmota monax

Sciuridae1 paper

Urocitellus columbianus

Sciuridae1 paper

Parus major