Dealing with intra-individual variability in the analysis of activity patterns from accelerometer data

1University of Sassari, Department of Veterinary Medicine, via Vienna 2, I-07100, Sassari, Italy 2University of Ferrara, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Via L. Borsari 46, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy 3ISPRA Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, via Ca’ Fornacetta 9, Ozzano E. I-40064 Bologna, Italy 4University of Siena, Department of Life Sciences, via P. A. Mattioli 4, I-53100, Siena, Italy

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