Border conflicts among territorial rock wallabies (Petrogale assimilis)

Videotapes of territorial confilicts between rock wallabies, Petrogale assimilis, were analysed by means of sequential and frequency analysis. P. assimilis differes from most species of macropodoids in that they form long‐lasting pair‐bonds, and both partners of a pair defend a common territory with...

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Published in:Aggressive behavior 1994, Vol.20 (4), p.325-333
Main Authors: Bleistein, Sandra, Horsup, Alan, Gansloßer, Udo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
agonistic behaviour
Animal ethology
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Mammalia
pair-bond
Petrogale
Petrogale assimilis
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
rock wallaby
territory
Vertebrata
video-analysis
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Summary:Videotapes of territorial confilicts between rock wallabies, Petrogale assimilis, were analysed by means of sequential and frequency analysis. P. assimilis differes from most species of macropodoids in that they form long‐lasting pair‐bonds, and both partners of a pair defend a common territory within a colony. The video‐analysis reveals differences between fights of P. assimilis and the “typical” pattern of macropod fighting. Most conflicts are solved by display. Even in actual fighting, few elements of “physical aggression,” such as biting or kicking, etc., are evident, and there is no winner/loser typical frequency difference of any elements. Many conflicts end as a draw. These differences are similar to differences between fighting in territory holders of small monoganous African can antelopes and those of other, more polygynous bovid. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:0096-140X
1098-2337
DOI:10.1002/1098-2337(1994)20:4<325::AID-AB2480200406>3.0.CO;2-V