Performance of proximity loggers in recording intra- and inter-species interactions: a laboratory and field-based validation study.
Performance of proximity loggers in recording intra- and inter-species interactions: a laboratory and field-based validation study.
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10.1371/journal.pone.0039068
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发表时间：
2012
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Delahay RJ
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作者：
Drewe JA;Weber N;Carter SP;Bearhop S;Harrison XA;Dall SR;McDonald RA;Delahay RJ
了解动物通过社交网络互动的方式有助于解决社会组织的生态和进化后果，并了解和管理传染病的传播。自动近距离记录仪越来越多地用于记录动物之间的互动，但所收集数据的准确性和可靠性在很大程度上仍未得到评估。在这里，我们使用实验室和观测现场数据，以评估这些设备的性能安装到一群32肉牛（牛）和9组獾（Meles meles，n = 77）生活在周围的树林。 发现记录器彼此检测到的距离随着时间的推移而减小，这可能与电池电量减少有关，电池电量可能是温度的函数。记录器在记录接触同种的识别方面非常准确，但在确定接触持续时间方面不太可靠。有一种趋势是，延长的互动被记录为一系列较短的接触。我们展示了如何操作数据来纠正这种差异，并通过将1到2分钟合并窗口内发生的任何两个记录器之间的记录相结合，然后删除任何剩余的1秒记录，准确地反映观察到的交互模式。我们为有效使用近距离记录仪提出普遍适用的建议，以提高未来研究中数据的有效性。
Knowledge of the way in which animals interact through social networks can help to address questions surrounding the ecological and evolutionary consequences of social organisation, and to understand and manage the spread of infectious diseases. Automated proximity loggers are increasingly being used to record interactions between animals, but the accuracy and reliability of the collected data remain largely un-assessed. Here we use laboratory and observational field data to assess the performance of these devices fitted to a herd of 32 beef cattle (Bos taurus) and nine groups of badgers (Meles meles, n = 77) living in the surrounding woods. The distances at which loggers detected each other were found to decrease over time, potentially related to diminishing battery power that may be a function of temperature. Loggers were highly accurate in recording the identification of contacted conspecifics, but less reliable at determining contact duration. There was a tendency for extended interactions to be recorded as a series of shorter contacts. We show how data can be manipulated to correct this discrepancy and accurately reflect observed interaction patterns by combining records between any two loggers that occur within a 1 to 2 minute amalgamation window, and then removing any remaining 1 second records. We make universally applicable recommendations for the effective use of proximity loggers, to improve the validity of data arising from future studies.
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