Objetivo General:

THE OVERALL AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY AND RECORD THE BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUALS FROM SMALL VERTEBRATE SPECIES.

Objetivos Específicos:

1. Use Raspberry-Pi single board computers to ensemble an electronic system to read PIT tags and trigger external components for behavioral monitoring.
2. Integrate several (at least 5) Raspberry-Pi single board computers as modules into a unified system to control external components for registering video, audio and providing individualized stimuli.
3. Evaluate performance of the monitoring system for registering behavior of laboratory rats.
4. Test the developed monitoring system on laboratory rats for comparing the effect of noise in spatial memory performance.
5. Test the developed monitoring system on bats in the field.
6. Test the developed monitoring system on hummingbirds in the field.

Resultados Principales:

La investigación se encuentra en curso.

Información de Contacto:

Dr. Marcelo Araya Salas, Investigador Principal

marcelo.araya@ucr.ac.cr