Lightning talk, 2022 Animal Behavior Society Conference, Costa Rica
I shared preliminary findings related to my first chapter of my dissertation on affiliative relatinoship formation during the Social Competency symposium organized by Dr. Liz Hobson and Dr. Marcela E. Benitez.
Poster Presentation, 2021 Animal Behavior Society Conference, Online
With many behavioral observation applications available, our challenge is choosing the most appropriate platform that fits a particular study question, research design, budget, and desired amount of preparatory time. We review Animal Behaviour Pro, Animal Observer, BORIS, CyberTracker, Prim8, and ZooMonitor and discuss the preliminary decisions that have to be made about the study design. We assess the six applications by reviewing 1) which behavioral sampling methods are possible per platform, 2) the setup and data collection routines, 3) the data output format, and 4) how to customize certain platforms so they will work more effectively for particular study aims or sampling methods. Our goal is to help researchers make calculated decisions about what behavioral observation platform is best for their study system and question.