Table A1.
Glossary of key terms.
Term | Definition |
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Behavioral diversity | Any index used to assess the quantify the evenness and diversity of behaviors that an animal expresses. |
Behavioural evenness | The variance in quantity of behavior between behavior types. For example, an observation where all behaviors are seen equally frequently has a higher evenness score than an observation when only one behavior is seen frequently, and all others are seen rarely. |
Behavioral richness | The number of behaviors an animal shows during a study. For example, an animal that engages in eating, resting and climbing has a behavioral richness of 3. |
Behavior category | A behavior that can be defined in an ethogram (for example, foraging). For the purpose of this paper, the term ‚behavior type‘ used in other research is synonymous. The number of behavior categories identified in a behavioral diversity study is referred to as behavioral richness. |
Observation | A block of time during which animals are observed (e.g., 1 h observation). A study is made up of a series of observations. |