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Titre :	New software for quantifying incubation behavior from time-series recordings
Auteurs :	C. B. Cooper, Auteur ; J. Mills, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Journal of Field Ornithology (76(4) FAL 2005)
Article en page(s) :	352-356
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Recordings of temperature fluctuations in the nests of birds call be used to infer incubation behavior such as the frequency and duration of off-bouts. Until recently, collecting temperature recordings from a large number of nests was limited by the size and expense of data logger equipment. In this paper, we describe software we developed to help simplify the analysis of recordings of temperature or mass fluctuations over time. The software program, called Rhythm, works ill Conjunction with Raven, a bioacoustical analysis program, to partially automate the measurement of incubation off-bout duration and related statistics Such as percent constancy. This novel application of Raven combined with advances in data logger technology facilitates investigation in several areas of ecological and behavioral research.

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