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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Investigating Unused Tools for the Animal Behavioral Diversity Toolkit |
Author: | Brereton, J.E. Fernandez, E.J. |
Citation: | Animals, 2022; 12(21):1-14 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
ISSN: | 2076-2615 2076-2615 |
Statement of Responsibility: | James Edward Brereton, and Eduardo J. Fernandez |
Abstract: | Behavioral diversity is a commonly used tool used to quantify the richness and evenness of animal behaviors and assess the effect of variables that may impact an animal’s quality of life. The indices used in behavioral diversity research, and the study subjects, have not been formally reviewed. This paper aims to identify which indices are being used in behavioral diversity research, and under which scenarios, and uncover novel indices from other disciplines that could be applied to behavioral diversity. To investigate the techniques and species investigated in behavioral diversity literature, a Web of Science literature search was conducted. Two methods: behavioral richness and the Shannon–Wiener index, were the most frequently used indices, whereas the Behavioral Variability index featured rarely. While a range of species appeared in the behavioral literature, mammals were the most frequently studied Class, whereas amphibians did not feature in any papers. There are several diversity indices which did not feature in behavioral diversity including Simpson’s index, and Chao. Such indices could be used to better understand animal behavioral study outputs or be used to estimate the number of ‘unobserved’ behaviors that an animal may express. Future studies could therefore extend beyond the Shannon–Wiener and richness indices. |
Keywords: | animal welfare; behavioral diversity; behavioral variability index; chao; Shannon–Wiener index; Simpson’s index |
Rights: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). |
DOI: | 10.3390/ani12212984 |
Published version: | https://www.mdpi.com/ |
Appears in Collections: | Animal and Veterinary Sciences publications |
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