[ECOLOG-L] PDA or other hand held device
Hi, I am David Jansen, a PhD student at the animal behavior group of Zurich University. At present I am looking into handheld devices for our data collection in the field. At present we are still using Psion observers 2. They are however getting really old and give more an d more problems, so replacement is needed. We would like to replace it by something simple, cheap and robust. PDA's seem the logical solution, but most of them are expensive, have lots of things you don't really need (e.g. wireless internet). In addition most of them have touchscreens, while we would like to have a keypad. We would use our device for both Adlib (event based data) and focals. I am wondering about any experiences people in the field have with these kind of devices. Please send any information to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll place a summary of the replies on the list later. Thanks in advance David Jansen
[ECOLOG-L] corticosterone in saliva
Dear all, I am David Jansen and I am an animal behaviour PhD student at Zurich University. As part of my part of my PhD I would like to investigate the effect of glucocorticoids on vocalisations in mongooses. One of the measurments I would like to do is corticosterone in saliva. But searching on the internet I mainly find referece to and assays for cortisol levels in saliva. I would like to know if you know of studies were they looked at corticosterone levels in saliva and if there are compagnies that offer assays for corticosterone in saliva. Thanks a lot in advance and greetings, David Jansen David Jansen, PhD Verhaltensbiologie Zoologisches Institut Universitaet Zuerich Winterthurerstr. 190 8057 Zuerich Switzerland
[ECOLOG-L] data collection program PDA
Dear all, I am looking for a program in the style of Cybertracker or Pendragon forms, but that incl. the option of using keypad. Are any such programs around and if so what are your experiences? I am planning to use the program for data collection in the form of focal and ad lib of animal behaviour. Thanks for your input David Jansen PhD animal behaviour Zurich University
