Social relationships and reproductive performance in group-living arctic blue foxes
The aim of the present work was to study social relationships and reproductivity in captive arctic blue fox groups of different genetic origin. The social status of the individuals among groups remained constant during autumn and early winter. Males typically dominated over females in the groups. Ma...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:26df4999442d447aad0dd9ab98e5e649 2023-05-15T14:55:03+02:00 Social relationships and reproductive performance in group-living arctic blue foxes Hannu Korhonen Sakari Alasuutari 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/26df4999442d447aad0dd9ab98e5e649 EN eng Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/72687 https://doaj.org/toc/1459-6067 https://doaj.org/toc/1795-1895 1459-6067 1795-1895 https://doaj.org/article/26df4999442d447aad0dd9ab98e5e649 Agricultural and Food Science, Vol 3, Iss 1 (1994) Agriculture S Agriculture (General) S1-972 article 1994 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T07:26:33Z The aim of the present work was to study social relationships and reproductivity in captive arctic blue fox groups of different genetic origin. The social status of the individuals among groups remained constant during autumn and early winter. Males typically dominated over females in the groups. Males also had higher body weights and more social contacts than females. The locomotor activity of the animals increased during the breeding season, especially in the case of males. Urinary marking had a significant importance during the breeding season, being most pronounced in dominant males. No synchronization was observed in the heat development of females despite some kinship. Behaviours such as escape attempts, bitings and increased aggressiveness occurred in March-April as a result of increasing social tension combined with reproductive behaviour. Whelping success varied depending on group composition. Some of the non-breeding and breeding females were observed to act as communal nursing helpers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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The aim of the present work was to study social relationships and reproductivity in captive arctic blue fox groups of different genetic origin. The social status of the individuals among groups remained constant during autumn and early winter. Males typically dominated over females in the groups. Males also had higher body weights and more social contacts than females. The locomotor activity of the animals increased during the breeding season, especially in the case of males. Urinary marking had a significant importance during the breeding season, being most pronounced in dominant males. No synchronization was observed in the heat development of females despite some kinship. Behaviours such as escape attempts, bitings and increased aggressiveness occurred in March-April as a result of increasing social tension combined with reproductive behaviour. Whelping success varied depending on group composition. Some of the non-breeding and breeding females were observed to act as communal nursing helpers. |
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Social relationships and reproductive performance in group-living arctic blue foxes |
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Social relationships and reproductive performance in group-living arctic blue foxes |
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Social relationships and reproductive performance in group-living arctic blue foxes |
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Social relationships and reproductive performance in group-living arctic blue foxes |
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Social relationships and reproductive performance in group-living arctic blue foxes |
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social relationships and reproductive performance in group-living arctic blue foxes |
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Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland |
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Agricultural and Food Science, Vol 3, Iss 1 (1994) |
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