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Environmental and developmental effects on the prioritising and time-budgeting of behaviour
Reference
S04211
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Dr Georgia Mason
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of Oxford
Department
Zoology
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
148,161
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/03/1995
End date
01/03/1998
Duration
36 months
Abstract
How captive animals prioritise activities can reveal principles involved in time-budgeting in the wild, affect the impact of captivity upon their welfare, and underlie the development of abnormal behaviour. Using the ferret in a closed economy as model, this project will investigate environmental and developmental effects on how animals prioritise activities and allocate time between them. The extent to which rearing environment, the visibility of suitable stimuli in the environment, and the range of behavioural opportunities available, can modify the time spent performing elements of the natural behavioural repertoire and their relative elasticities of demand, will be investigated.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics
X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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