支配地位排名规范在二极交互模型中的影响
Alexander Mielke1,2,3
1School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom.
PloS one
|July 20, 2023
概括
研究人员在分析动物社会主导地位方面的选择显著影响研究结果. 方法的透明度和报告各种分析对于可靠的动物行为研究至关重要.
科学领域:
- 动物行为 动物行为
- 灵长类动物学 灵长类动物学
- 社会动力学 社会动力学
背景情况:
- 统治地位是理解动物社会动态和相互作用模式的关键.
- 计算主导等级的变化 (指数,标准化,二元关系) 可以引入偏差并降低研究可复制性.
研究的目的:
- 评估不同研究人员在主导等级分析中的选择对互动模式的影响.
- 为了比较各种排名指数,标准化和模型规范组合的性能.
主要方法:
- 分析了灰尘 (Cercocebus atys atys) 中的二极交互模式.
- 对比不同组合的统治地位排名指数,标准化方法和模型规格.
- 在各种交互类型 (侵略性,修饰性,近距离性,替代性) 中评估模型性能.
主要成果:
- 没有一个排名指数,标准化和模型规范的单一组合在所有交互类型中始终超过其他类型.
- 允许非线性模式的模型通常平均表现更好.
- 研究人员在数据处理和模型构建方面的选择影响了结果和解释.
结论:
- 分析行为数据的选择可以导致对动物社会系统的不同描述.
- 突出跨物种比较的局限性,原因是方法上的差异.
- 建议提高透明度和报告各种分析方法,以提高研究的可重复性.
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