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  1. Computer programs for data collection and analysis.
  2. Download Video Analysis for Windows. Digitized video can be stepped through frame-by-frame and behaviors recorded from the keyboard. This also can collect X-Y data for position analysis. Download it here. See a tutorial here. A second version that's better for recording X-Y positions and behaviors in one run-through of the film is here.
  3. Download Timeline for Windows. Accepts input from the above program and constructs transition matracies along with summary data. Download it here. See a tutorial here.
  4. Download Behavior Recorder for the Palm Operating System. Allows you to record behavioral data in the field. Data can then be transferred to Timeline for analysis. Download it here. See a tutorial here.
  5. Download Hawk-Dove here. Info on game theory is here.
  6. Download Climate Space here. Info on the model is here.
  7. Download nerve simulation here. Read about it here.
  8. Cut-the-head-off-the-frog Lab. See it here.
  9. Sound Forge Demo is here (time-limited and will not record or save). A Sound Forge mini-tutorial is here.
  10. Audacity Audio Editing is free and here
  11. Video for Windows Use Videdit to compress your video from full frames to Microsoft Video 1 format. A tutorial is here..
  12. A video digitization tutorial is here.
  13. Computer programs for data collection and analysis.
  14. How to use MainActor Sequencer to create a Difference Movie
  15. You can use Paint Shop to capture screens and create drawings for inclusion in your projects.
  16. A Stata tutorial is here (under construction)
  17. Elementary Concepts in Statistics
  18. Seeing Statistics
  19. Ethology and Ecology Software
  20. Animal Behavior Labs (Lots of good stuff with videos)
  21. Animal Behavior Labs and Teaching Links
  22. Animal Behavior Lab Bench.
  23. Play with a reverse spectrograph!
  24. Download Cool Edit Pro
  25. Noldus Information Technology
  26. Introduction to the Observation of Behaviour
  27. Novel Organic and Natural Product Insecticides
  28. Bug Bios (COOL)
  29. Florida Entomologist On-Line. An excellent resource!
  30. What's New in Entomology
  31. Species Diversity: Field Studies of Soil Arthropods
  32. Ethological Definitions
  33. Ecology, Ethology, and Critical Anthropomorphism
  34. Measuring Behavior
  35. Migration
  36. Animal Behavior & Sociobiology
  37. Asking Questions in Biology
  38. Creature Comforts
  39. Computer programs for data collection and analysis.