Table 1. Different types of behaviour and the definitions used to record them during observations.
Behavior | Description | Open field | Forest | ||||
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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.