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Puzzle box innovation testing (Sciuridae)
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Description
Deployment of novel puzzle boxes with multiple solution pathways to test problem-solving ability and innovation in wild animals. Video recorded trials allow detailed behavioral analysis of problem-solving strategies.
Typical Equipment
- puzzle boxes
- horse feed
- Browning cameras
- JWatcher 1.0 software
Output Measurements
- innovation success
- solution methods
- behavioral diversity
- persistence
- neophobia
Papers Using This Protocol (4)
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Social position indirectly influences the traits yellow-bellied marmots use to solve problems
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Social transmission of a novel foraging trait in yellow-bellied marmots
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Behavioral correlates of innovation success in facultatively social marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventer</i>)
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