Premium
Border conflicts among territorial rock wallabies ( Petrogale assimilis )
Author(s) -
Bleistein Sandra,
Horsup Alan,
Gansloßer Udo
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1994)20:4<325::aid-ab2480200406>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - biting , polygyny , aggression , ecology , biology , zoology , geography , demography , social psychology , psychology , sociology , population
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.