High resolution, week-long, locomotion time series from Japanese quail in a home-box environment.
Temporal and spatial patterns of locomotion reflect both resting periods and the movement from one place to another to satisfy physiological and behavioural needs. Locomotion is studied in diverse areas of biology such as chronobiology and physiology, as well as in biomathematics. Herein, the locomotion of 24 visually-isolated Japanese quails in their home-box environment was recorded continuously over a 6.5 days at a 0.5 s sampling rate. Three time series are presented for each bird: (1) locomotor activity, (2) distance ambulated, and (3) zone of the box where the bird is located. These high resolution, week-long, time series consisting of 1.07×10(6) data points represent, to our knowledge, a unique data set in animal behavior, and are publically available on FigShare. The data obtained can be used for analyzing dynamic changes of daily or several day locomotion patterns, or for comparison with existing or future data sets or mathematical models across different taxa.
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIByT, CONICET), and Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Cátedra de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 1611 Vélez Sarsfield, X5016GCA, Córdoba, Argentina.|Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, 20 Blichers Allé, Post Box 50, DK-8830, Tjele, Denmark.
Diego A
DA
Guzmán
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIByT, CONICET), and Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Cátedra de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 1611 Vélez Sarsfield, X5016GCA, Córdoba, Argentina.
Stefania
S
Pellegrini
Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios de Matemática (CIEM, CONICET), and Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física FAMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ing. Medina Allende s/n Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, CP X5000HUA, Argentina.
Ana G
AG
Flesia
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Miguel A
MA
Aon
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIByT, CONICET), and Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Cátedra de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 1611 Vélez Sarsfield, X5016GCA, Córdoba, Argentina.
Raúl H
RH
Marin
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIByT, CONICET), and Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Cátedra de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 1611 Vélez Sarsfield, X5016GCA, Córdoba, Argentina.
Jackelyn M
JM
Kembro
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003370:Coturnix / Q000502:physiology*; D008124:Locomotion