Mobile observation system

With our observational software in combination with handheld computers you will be mobile though still get detailed coding and analysis.

Combine the power and flexibility of The Observer XT with the portability of a handheld computer.
Be mobile while coding and during transport: code while walking around or carry your handheld computer in your pocket.
Choose the handheld computer model best suited to the environmental conditions in which the observations take place.
Concentrate completely on the animals to be observed and logging their behaviors; The Observer XT automatically adds time stamps to the logged events.
Select data for analysis in order to calculate statistics on certain observations, animals, or event types, and not others.

Examples of parameters

Total number of head butts by the alpha animal to specific group members in a given period of time.
Total time alpha animal has been groomed by all other group members.
Total number of approaches to dominant animal while it was looking away.
Time spent playing in a basic zoo animal enclosure versus time spent playing in an enriched zoo animal enclosure.
Number of aggressive displays between related individuals versus number of aggressive displays between non-related individuals.
Average number of flights over a distance of 1 meter over all bird individuals.

Components

Optional components

Selected publications


Burks, K.; Mellen, J.; Miller, G.; Lehnhardt, J.; Weiss, A.; Figueredo, A.; Maple, T. (2004). Comparison of two introduction methods to African elephants. Zoo Biology, 23, 109-12 6. Osiejuk, T.; Ratynska, K.; Cygan, J. (2004). Signal value of alternating and overlapping singing in the Yellowhammer Emberiza citronella. Journal of 0f Ethology, 22, 55-61