Animal behavior
- Tracking activity patterns of a multispecies community of gymnotiform weakly electric fish in their neotropical habitat without tagging
Highlighted Article: Detailed movement patterns and complex electrosensory scenes of three species of weakly electric fish were tracked without tagging using a submerged electrode array in a small neotropical stream.
- Effects of monoamine manipulations on the personality and gene expression of three-spined sticklebacks
Summary: Serotonergic and dopaminergic gene expression causally explains aspects of stickleback personality. Human pharmaceuticals make sticklebacks bolder, demonstrating consequences of human medical waste for wildlife.
- Multichannel stroboscopic videography (MSV): a technique for visualizing multiple channels for behavioral measurements
Summary: Multichannel stroboscopic videography (MSV) is a technique for automated measurements of multiple types of visual information using a single camera.
- Machine vision methods for analyzing social interactions
Summary: We review recent developments in machine vision for automatic, quantitative analysis of social behavior that have changed the scale and resolution with which we can dissect interactions between animals.
- Using accelerometers to remotely and automatically characterize behavior in small animals
Summary: Validation of the use of accelerometers for automated collection of behavioral data from two species of small-bodied, free-living animals.