Can speed and tri-axial acceleration measured by biologgers be used to classify Oystercatcher behaviour? MSc Thesis Roeland A. Bom Supervision: Dr. Judy Shamoun-Baranes & Prof. Dr.ir. Willem Bouten Dr. Bruno J. Ens & Drs. Kees Oosterbeek Px Jeroen Onrust
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Can speed and tri-axial acceleration measured by biologgers be used to classify Oystercatcher behaviour? MSc Thesis Roeland A. Bom Supervision: Dr. Judy.
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Can speed and tri-axial acceleration measured by biologgers be used to classify Oystercatcher behaviour?
MSc Thesis Roeland A. Bom
Supervision:Dr. Judy Shamoun-Baranes & Prof. Dr.ir. Willem Bouten
Dr. Bruno J. Ens & Drs. Kees Oosterbeek
Px Jeroen Onrust
Biologgers measuring tri-axial acceleration
• Static acceleration• Dynamic acceleration
Heave (z)
Sway (y)
Surge (x)
Shepard et al, 2008
•classify complex behaviours?• Energy and storage
Aim
• Can tri- axial acceleration be used to classify animal behaviour? - test case: the Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus.
• Can acceleration be used to make (spatial) time budgets over a long time period?
• Can instantaneous speed be an alternative for classifying behaviour?
Why Oystercatchers?
• Ideal shorebird to observe a range of distinct behaviours.• Fundamental ecology.• Conservation ecology.