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dc.contributor.authorKressler, Molly
dc.contributor.authorGerlam, Amy
dc.contributor.authorSpence-Jones, Helen Clare
dc.contributor.authorWebster, Michael Munro
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-19T12:30:07Z
dc.date.available2021-03-19T12:30:07Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-19
dc.identifier.citationKressler , M , Gerlam , A , Spence-Jones , H C & Webster , M M 2021 , ' Passive traps and sampling bias: social effects and personality affect trap-entry by sticklebacks ' , Ethology , vol. Early View , 13148 . https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13148en
dc.identifier.issn0179-1613
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 273370273
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 1d38da45-1143-43b5-a42c-313d0a3e9a32
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-9597-6871/work/90952328
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85102780282
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000630385000001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/21665
dc.descriptionThis research was funded by the University of St Andrews.en
dc.description.abstractResearchers routinely quantify the behaviour of subsets of animals, using their findings to make inferences about wider populations. Broader conclusions, however, may be inaccurate if the subjects that are tested are not representative of these populations. One way that this can arise is through sampling bias, which can occur if the method of collecting the test subjects disproportionately selects those with particular attributes, such that they end up being over‐ or under represented within the sample. Passive traps are associated with such sampling biases and have been shown to target certain behavioural phenotypes in a range of species. Here we asked whether funnel‐type fish traps were more likely to target more active and more social sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). We found that more subjects entered the traps when they already contained conspecifics and that individual measures of activity predicted trap entry, with more active fish being captured sooner both when the traps already contained conspecifics and when they were empty. Unexpectedly, less‐social fish were captured sooner when the traps contained conspecifics. Sampling biases have the potential to skew the data collected by researchers and we therefore highlight the need to acknowledge and discuss potential for sampling biases and any consequences that may arise from this in published work. In the longer term, research that estimates the potential for sampling biases for various collection methods and species would be a valuable resource for helping to devise more representative sampling designs.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEthologyen
dc.rightsCopyright © 2021 The Authors. Ethology published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.en
dc.subjectBehavioural syndromeen
dc.subjectBoldnessen
dc.subjectMethodsen
dc.subjectPersonalityen
dc.subjectReproducibilityen
dc.subjectSTRANGEen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titlePassive traps and sampling bias: social effects and personality affect trap-entry by sticklebacksen
dc.typeJournal articleen
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dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversityen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolutionen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13148
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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