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Animal Behavior Slide 2 Objectives Define behavior Be familiar with the range of animal behavior Understand the methods that ethologists use to study behavior Employ some of these methods to make your own observations of behavior Slide 3 Observational Methods Ad Libitum take notes on everything you see Focal Sampling one animal, observing a defined set of behaviors Instantaneous/Scan Sampling at set time points, note behaviors of one or more animals All occurrences one behavior, note every time it is performed Each method has advantages and disadvantages and can cause different biases. Slide 4 Todays Experiment We will test habitat selection in isopods, and foraging preferences in crickets