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Hidden T-patterns in playing behavior of fox cubs (Vulpes vulpes) in the wild; Differences in the play structure during ontogenesis

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Analysis of structural sequences (hidden Tpatterns) in the behavior of animals during their period of active growth showed that the noninvasive ability to identify steps of forming scale ontogeny exists. Simultaneously it is possible to identify cycles which penetrate through the process of behavior and to find changes in those cycles for as development of individuals goes on. For such estimating it is necessary to use such features as the total number of detected patterns, the degree of diversity in the time interval analyzed, Tpatterns complexity (elements and levels of relationships) are. For data accounting the optimal parameters should be selected, as well as their combination. The obtained results can be used for further development of the method of steps on the scale scheme of animal behavior ontogeny detecting, that is based on the changes in structured sequences in their behavior.

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  1. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Yachmennikova & A. A. Korenkova

  2. Kronotsky Natural Reserve, Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Yachmennikova

  3. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Korenkova

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Yachmennikova, A.A. Korenkova, 2015, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2015, Vol. 462, No. 6, pp. 730–735.

Presented by Academician D.S. Pavlov February 5, 2015

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Yachmennikova, A.A., Korenkova, A.A. Hidden T-patterns in playing behavior of fox cubs (Vulpes vulpes) in the wild; Differences in the play structure during ontogenesis. Dokl Biol Sci 462, 155–160 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496615030151

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