Ethograms Allow a Researcher to Calculate Which of the Following

Question

Ethograms allow a researcher to calculate which of the following?
A) A time budget a.
B) The fitness of an individual
C) Adaptive behavior
D) Selection on a behavior
E) Density-dependent selection on a behavior

Accepted Answer

Ethograms, which are catalogs or tables of behaviors exhibited by an animal used in ethology studies, allow researchers to observe and record the frequency and duration of various behaviors. By doing so, they can calculate a time budget, which is an allocation of time among different activities, such as feeding, sleeping, and grooming. This tool does not directly measure fitness, adaptive behavior, selection on a behavior, or density-dependent selection on a behavior, although observations from ethograms can contribute to studies on these topics.