A new technique for monitoring the detailed behaviour of terrestrial animals: A case study with the domestic cat
A new technique for monitoring the detailed behaviour of terrestrial animals: A case study with the domestic cat
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DOI：
10.1016/j.applanim.2005.01.010
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发表时间：
2005-10-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Naito, Y
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作者：
Watanabe, S;Izawa, M;Naito, Y
对于许多难以接近的动物物种，无法通过直接观察来评估自由放养个体的行为。为了弥补这一点，我们开发了一种新的技术，使用运动检测器（加速度数据记录器）监测活动和行为的自由放养的脊椎动物和测试其效率的家猫，猫卡图斯。共3615分钟的浪涌加速度测量沿着的成年公猫的纵向身体轴。猫的行为也拍摄了113分钟，这些视频数据被用来关联记录器的信号与猫的行为。加速度数据记录器安装在猫的项圈上，记录加速度信号，这些加速度信号受到由猫的身体姿势引起的重力加速度和由猫的动态行为引起的动态加速度的影响。通过对加速度信号应用基于快速傅立叶变换的谱分析，猫的身体姿势和一些动态行为，如饮水、进食，几步的行程被有效地确定了。目前的研究表明，加速度数据记录器是一个有用的和可靠的系统，准确地记录活动和详细的陆生动物的行为。(c)2005 Elsevier B.V.保留所有权利。
For many animal species that are difficult to access, the behaviour of free-ranging individuals cannot be assessed by direct observation. In order to remedy this, we developed a new technique using a motion detector (acceleration data-logger) for monitoring the activity and behaviour of free-ranging vertebrates and tested its efficiency on a domestic cat, Felis catus. A total of 3615 min of surging acceleration was measured along the longitudinal body axis of an adult male cat. The cat's behaviour was also filmed for 113 min, these video data being used to correlate the logger's signals with the cat's behaviour. Acceleration data-loggers attached on the cat's collar recorded acceleration signals which were influenced by both the gravitational acceleration resulting from the body posture and the dynamic acceleration resulting from the dynamic behaviour of the cat. By applying spectral analysis based on a fast Fourier Transform to acceleration signals, body postures and some of the dynamic behaviours of the cat such as drinking, eating, and several paces of travelling were efficiently determined. The present study shows that acceleration data-loggers represent a useful and reliable system for accurately recording the activities and detail behaviours of the terrestrial animals. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.