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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A systematic inventory listing and describing the behavioral patterns of an organism or a species.
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- noun biology A
catalogue of the typicalbehaviour patterns of aspecies
Etymologies
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An ethogram is a thorough catalogue of the characteristic behavioral units of a species, and each unit is given a verbal description and perhaps an image.
Animal Cognition Andrews, Kristin 2008
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Thus, the ethologist will begin the study of a species by constructing an ethogram from field notes taken after many hours of observation (Brown 1975; Lehner 1996).
Animal Cognition Andrews, Kristin 2008
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A social ethogram of the neotropical arboreal ant Zacryptocerus varians
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Alex Wild none@example.com 2010
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A social ethogram of the neotropical arboreal ant Zacryptocerus varians
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Alex Wild none@example.com 2010
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On the other hand, an ethogram could describe behaviors functionally, and place the behavior in a larger context by referring to the purpose or consequence of the behavior (e.g. eat) (Hinde
Animal Cognition Andrews, Kristin 2008
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