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In many different kinds of studies it is necessary to be able to tell the individuals of a group apart. This applies to most recordings of social behaviour, studies in which observations of several individuals must be carried out in a pre-determined order, and to so-called focal animal recordings, where the behaviour of only one or a few animals of a whole group is recorded (4).
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Jensen, P., Algers, B., Ekesbo, I. (1986). Methods of Observation and Recording. In: Methods of Sampling and Analysis of Data in Farm Animal Ethology. Tierhaltung / Animal Management, vol 17. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6614-9_2
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