Stationary observation system

Whether you need to score zoo animal or wild animal behavior live or from previously recorded video files, the combination of our software and hardware provides the perfect solution.

  • Concentrate completely on the animals to be observed and logging their behaviors; The Observer XT automatically adds time stamps
  • Code behaviors rapidly and calculate statistics automatically, such as the total time an animal spent resting. 
  • Log behavior live or from previously recorded video files. 
  • Playback those parts of the video in which a lot of behaviors occurred and refine or edit scored behaviors. 
  • Select data for analysis in order to calculate statistics on certain observations, animals, or event types, not others. 
  • Exclude observer bias and confirm intra-rater reliability by performing reliability analysis.

 




Examples of parameters
  • Total time alpha animal has been groomed by all other group members.
  • Total percentage of time spent resting.
  • Time spent playing in a basic zoo animal enclosure versus time spent playing in an enriched zoo animal enclosure.
  • Total time a specific animal has been chased by each other animal.
  • Frequency of hunting events.
Components

Optional components

  •  Other services
Selected publications
  • Blumstein, D.; Daniel, J. (2002). Isolation from mammalian predators differentially affects two congeners. Behavioral Ecology,
    13, 657-663.
  • Devereux, C.; Whittingham, M.; Krebs, J.; Fernandez-Juricic, E.; Vickery, J. (2006). What attracts birds to newly mown pasture? Decoupling the action of mowing from the provision of short swards. Ibis, 148, 302-306.