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. 2015 Jun 24;10(6):e0129030. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129030

Table 1. Different types of behaviour and the definitions used to record them during observations.

Behavior Description Open field Forest
1 min interval 2 s interval 12 s interval 1 min interval 2 s interval 12 s interval
Walking Movement from one location to another without holding head at ground level 68 297 72 17 307 53
Foraging Grazing or browsing taking frequent bites of forage, without lifting head up 976 769 394 552 727 354
Standing Standing still, no movement to another location 68 90 21 171 45 57
Lying Cow is lying down 104 33 12 699 63 141
Drinking Drinking water - - - - - -
Grooming Cleaning or scratching itself - - - - - -
Social Interaction with other cows (e.g., grooming, mounting) - - - - - -
Dry Forage Consuming silage left by the farmer - - - - - -

The number of intervals (n) that contained only one type of behaviour between fixes is provided for the four dominant types of behaviour for the dataset of the 1 min, 12s and 2 s interval in both the open field and forest habitat.