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open-field test (Sciuridae)
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Description
Standardized 4-minute test immediately following open field test where a mirror is revealed to measure sociability and aggressive responses toward conspecific image, recorded via overhead camera.
Typical Equipment
- mirror covering far wall
- GoPro Hero camera
- tripod
- sliding wall mechanism
- EthoVision XT 11.5 tracking software
Output Measurements
- time interacting with mirror
- time looking away from mirror
- time in zones
- visits to zones
- interaction behaviors
Papers Using This Protocol (6)
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Bridging animal personality with space use and resource use in a free-ranging population of an asocial ground squirrel
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Mixed support for state maintaining risky personality traits in yellow-bellied marmots
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A critical evaluation of subjective ratings: unacquainted observers can reliably assess personality
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A critical evaluation of subjective ratings: unacquainted observers can reliably assess personality
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Behavioral syndromes in yellow-bellied marmots, <i>Marmota flaviventris</i>: Is there a correlation between boldness and exploration?
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