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A system for the automated recording of feeding behavior and body weight
1Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, N6A 5C2, London, Ontario, Canada. mjboisve@julian.uwo.ca
Physiology & Behavior
|January 3, 2001
Abstract:
A method that uses passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags for the continuous recording of feeding behavior and body weight from multiple individual animals is described. We have used this method in the field and in semi-natural captive conditions with black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) to determine daily and seasonal patterns in body weight and to estimate the proportions of food cached and consumed.
