Behavioural study of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus)
The study of personality in species can be used to better understand the dynamics of a population. Personality is however a wide concept and is often divided into easier and identifiable terms when it concerns animalia such as “Behavioural traits”. One such trait is boldness which is often used as a...
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| author | Hessler Frelinckx, John-Christophe |
| author_browse | Hessler Frelinckx, John-Christophe |
| author_facet | Hessler Frelinckx, John-Christophe |
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| description | The study of personality in species can be used to better understand the dynamics of a population. Personality is however a wide concept and is often divided into easier and identifiable terms when it concerns animalia such as “Behavioural traits”. One such trait is boldness which is often used as a distinguishable trait. In this study boldness is measured in the house cricket (Acheta domesticus). The study aims to measure if boldness is con-sistent in the population or if it has a variation, this is done across a timespan of ten days. Boldness is measured by the latency for a cricket to emerge from a shelter into a novel environment. The study measured boldness for 15 males and 15 females a total of 10 times each every day for a total of 600 predicted observations. The study found that there are distinctive patterns in the levels of boldness in the individuals and that they do differ by significant margins. It can thus be concluded that some crickets are bolder than others and different personality types related to boldness exists. Boldness increased over time as the crickets experienced the trial suggesting plasticity in personality. The study also found that in general males displayed higher degrees of boldness compared to the female crickets. |
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| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
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| spelling | RepoSLU147902020-06-04T12:50:18Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14790/ Behavioural study of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) Hessler Frelinckx, John-Christophe Animal ecology The study of personality in species can be used to better understand the dynamics of a population. Personality is however a wide concept and is often divided into easier and identifiable terms when it concerns animalia such as “Behavioural traits”. One such trait is boldness which is often used as a distinguishable trait. In this study boldness is measured in the house cricket (Acheta domesticus). The study aims to measure if boldness is con-sistent in the population or if it has a variation, this is done across a timespan of ten days. Boldness is measured by the latency for a cricket to emerge from a shelter into a novel environment. The study measured boldness for 15 males and 15 females a total of 10 times each every day for a total of 600 predicted observations. The study found that there are distinctive patterns in the levels of boldness in the individuals and that they do differ by significant margins. It can thus be concluded that some crickets are bolder than others and different personality types related to boldness exists. Boldness increased over time as the crickets experienced the trial suggesting plasticity in personality. The study also found that in general males displayed higher degrees of boldness compared to the female crickets. Studien om personligheter hos arter är ett kunskapsområde som kan hjälpa vetenskapen att bättre förstå dynamiken hos populationer. Personlighet kan dock vara ett brett koncept och kan enklare förklaras inom vetenskap med termer som ”Beteendeegenskaper” när det angår djurriket. En egenskap som oftast används för att mäta personlighet är ”modighet” eller ”boldness”. Denna studie mäter modighet hos hussyrsan (Acheta domesticus). Studien ämnar mäta modighet och om den är konsekvent eller om den varierar över ett tidsspann om 10 dygn. Modighet mäts genom att mäta tiden det tar för en syrsa att ta sig ut från ett skydd och ut till en ny omgivning. Studien mäter modighet hos 15 hanar och 15 honor tio gånger var per dygn vilket ska ge totalt 600 mätpunkter. Studien visar att det finns distinkta skiljemönster när det kommer till modighet hos individuella syrsor och att dessa skillander är markanta. Det kan därav dras en slutsats att det existerar modighetsskillnader syrsor emellan och att personlighetsdrag relaterade till dessa existerar. Modigheten ökade under försökens gång vilket visar på en plasticitet när det kommer till personlighet associerad till modighet. Studien visar också att syrshanarna uppvisar en statistiskt högre grad av modighet än syrshonorna. 2019-07-08 First cycle, G2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14790/1/frelinckx_j_190708.pdf Hessler Frelinckx, John-Christophe, 2019. Behavioural study of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) : individual boldness and personality. First cycle, G2E. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Ecology <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-415.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-10728 eng |
| spellingShingle | Animal ecology Hessler Frelinckx, John-Christophe Behavioural study of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) |
| title | Behavioural study of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) |
| title_full | Behavioural study of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) |
| title_fullStr | Behavioural study of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Behavioural study of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) |
| title_short | Behavioural study of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) |
| title_sort | behavioural study of the house cricket (acheta domesticus) |
| topic | Animal ecology |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14790/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14790/ |