Algunos aspectos de la conducta social del lobo mexicano (Canis lupus baileyi) en cautiverio
Thirty seven behavior displays integrated into five behavioral groups: filiative, submissive, play, sexual, and agonistic (aggression-defense) behavior, are described from a pack of five mexican wolves (Canis lupus baiieyi) kept in captivity. Display of these five categories was quantified, from Oct...
| Published in: | ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.) |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
1991
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| Online Access: | https://azm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/azm/article/view/1955 https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.1991.43451955 |
| Summary: | Thirty seven behavior displays integrated into five behavioral groups: filiative, submissive, play, sexual, and agonistic (aggression-defense) behavior, are described from a pack of five mexican wolves (Canis lupus baiieyi) kept in captivity. Display of these five categories was quantified, from October 1985to December 1986. A basíc display pattern on four out of the five groups of behavior studied was found: a significativo increase on the display of these behavioral groups during pre-breeding and breeding seasons on December to February. Play behavior decreased on the breeding season. Filiative behaviors had a strong and significative correlations wrth the agonistic (r=0.92), submissive (r=0.90) and sexual (r=0.82) behavior and no correlation wrth play (r=-0.16). These valúes suggest the importance of the filiative behavior into the social relationships of the group. Aggressive and filiative activities were highty recorded on November 1986, probabty caused by a change on the domínant male of the pack. The importance of social behavior for wolf breeding programs is discussed. Finalty the hypothesis that behavioral strategies of the mexican wolf are different from the strategies wofves on the northern regions present, is stated. Se describen 37 conductas, en un grupo de cinco lobos mexicanos (Canis lupus baileyi) en cautiverio, que se integran en cinco grandes categorías; conductas amistosas, sumisas, juego, sexualesy agonísticas (agresión-defensa). Se cuantificó la exhibición de cada una de las conductas, desde octubre de 1985 a diciembre de 1986. Se encontró un patrón anual básico de exhibición de cuatro de las cinco categorías de conductas estudiadas, ya que se presentó un aumento significativo de la exhibición de éstas categorías de conductas durante el período reproductivo que corresponden a los meses de diciembre a febrero, la única que no presentó este patrón fue el juego, este disminuyó durante este último período. Las conductas amistosas se correlacionaron fuerte y significativamente con las conductas ... |
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