Identification of imperial cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps behaviour using accelerometers
Identification of imperial cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps behaviour using accelerometers
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DOI：
10.3354/esr00091
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Shepard, Emily L. C.
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作者：
Laich, Agustina Gomez;Wilson, Rory P.;Shepard, Emily L. C.
动物行为在很大程度上是根据运动或缺乏运动来定义的，因此精确量化动物运动是识别几种动物行为的潜在有力方法。记录加速度的动物标签特别适合于此。在这项工作中，我们将展示如何三轴加速度可以用来识别一些帝国鸬鹚Phalacrocorax atriceps的行为。基于对三轴加速度信号的评估，在自由生活的鸟类中确定了以下行为：站立、坐着、漂浮在水面上、飞行、行走和潜水。在潜水过程中，可以区分下降、底部和上升阶段。我们考虑了为不同行为编码的因素，这使我们能够设计一个密钥，使研究人员能够评估三轴加速度计数据，以确定帝国鸬鹚的一些行为。
Animal behaviour is largely defined in terms of movement or lack of it, so precise quantification of animal movement is a potentially powerful way of identifying several animal behaviours. Animal-attached tags that record acceleration lend themselves particularly to this. In this work we show how tri-axial acceleration can be used to identify some of the behaviours of imperial cormorants Phalacrocorax atriceps. Based on the assessment of tri-axial acceleration signals, the following behaviours were identified in free-living birds: standing, sitting, floating on water, flying, walking and diving. During diving, the descent, bottom and ascent phases could be distinguished. We considered the factors which coded for the different behaviours and this allowed us to design a key that will allow researchers assessing tri-axial accelerometry data to identify some of the behaviours that imperial cormorants perform.