Animal behavior missing from data archives

Sara E Miller; Christopher M Jernigan; Andrew W Legan; Caitlin H Miller; James P Tumulty; Alexander Walton; Michael J Sheehan

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2021.07.008

Animal behavior missing from data archives

Trends Ecol Evol. 2021 Nov;36(11):960-963. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.07.008. Epub 2021 Aug 16.

Authors

Sara E Miller¹, Christopher M Jernigan², Andrew W Legan², Caitlin H Miller², James P Tumulty², Alexander Walton³, Michael J Sheehan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA. Electronic address: sem332@cornell.edu.
² Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.
³ Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.

PMID: 34407919
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.07.008

Abstract

An investigation into animal behavior data archiving practices revealed low rates of data archiving, frequent issues with archived data, and a near absence of multimedia data from data archives. Increasing archiving of animal behavior data will improve the integrity of current studies and enable new avenues of research.

MeSH terms

Animals
Archives*
Behavior, Animal*