{"id":7843,"date":"2023-04-17T23:01:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T03:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/?p=7843"},"modified":"2023-04-17T23:01:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T03:01:19","slug":"b40-using-biologging-data-from-turtles-to-assess-repeatability-and-consistency-in-physiological-behaviors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/b40-using-biologging-data-from-turtles-to-assess-repeatability-and-consistency-in-physiological-behaviors\/","title":{"rendered":"B40: Using biologging data from turtles to assess repeatability and consistency in physiological behaviors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Animals exhibit a wide range of behaviors that can be influenced by their fitness, niche, energy costs, physiology, and general responses to environmental stimuli. This behavioral variation, commonly referred to as personality, is defined as consistent differences in behavior between individuals over time. For this study, we decided to monitor behavior using several biologging devices on box and painted turtles. Biologging devices provide a wealth of information on movement, GPS location, and physiological measurements. Here, we seek to see if the data from biologging devices can reveal repeatable and consistent behaviors from the Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) and the Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) in their natural environments. We evaluated the behavioral consistency of whole-body acceleration (ODBA), heart rate (HR), body temperature (Tb), and how active an individual was and calculated the repeatability of such traits between the individuals studied and across days. We detected consistent behaviors throughout the week for many individuals, with ODBA being the most consistent trait in box turtles and HR being the most consistent trait in painted turtles. We then calculated repeatability between individuals for these behaviors and found a variety of repeatability values which indicated that not all values were different between individuals. Lastly, we used k-means clustering to group the individuals in clusters with similar physiological measurements to indicate the presence of potential distinct personalities. By discovering consistency and repeatable differences in free-living animals, biologging data can offer a fuller insight into the behaviors of animals and help group them into clusters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author(s): Cassidy Waldrep, Biology, Spanish and Neuroscience Major<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advisor(s): Paul Schaeffer, Department of Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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