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Identification of imperial cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps behaviour using accelerometers
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Laich, Agustina Gómez Wilson, Rory P. Quintana, Flavio Shepard, Emily L. C. |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | Animal behaviour is largely defined in terms of movement or lack of it, so precise quan- tification 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 consid- ered 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. |
| Starting Page | 29 |
| Ending Page | 37 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.3354/esr00091 |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2010/10/n010p029.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00091 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
