Mother — Offspring conflict in the Saharan arrui, Ammotragus lervia sahariensis: Relation to weaning and mother's sexual activity

Behavioural conflict between mother and offspring was investigated in a captive population of the Saharan arrui (Ammotragus lervia sahariensis, Artiodactyla: Bovidae). The frequency of agonistic behaviours (mother's aggressiveness and calf's retreats) and unsuccessful suckling attempts, Hi...

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Autor: Cassinello, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: artículo
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Fecha de publicación:1997
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palabra clave:Ammotragus lervia
Ammotragus lervia sahariensis
Saharan arrui
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spelling Mother — Offspring conflict in the Saharan arrui, Ammotragus lervia sahariensis: Relation to weaning and mother's sexual activityCassinello, JorgeAmmotragus lerviaAmmotragus lervia sahariensisSaharan arruiBehavioural conflict between mother and offspring was investigated in a captive population of the Saharan arrui (Ammotragus lervia sahariensis, Artiodactyla: Bovidae). The frequency of agonistic behaviours (mother's aggressiveness and calf's retreats) and unsuccessful suckling attempts, Hinde's proximity index and the distances between mother and calf have been analysed in relation to weaning and sexual activity of the mother. Mothers that conceive in the following mating season accelerate the weaning process of their current offspring; furthermore, high-ranking females wean their male calves earlier. Behavioural conflict occurs during the resumption of the mother's sexual activity; however, no conflict appears to happen during weaning.During data collection, the author enjoyed a predoctoral grant from MEC (PG89 27511603).Peer reviewedWiley-VCHMinisterio de Educación y Ciencia (España)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]201520151997info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/118243reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00012.xSíinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1182432026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mother — Offspring conflict in the Saharan arrui, Ammotragus lervia sahariensis: Relation to weaning and mother's sexual activity
title Mother — Offspring conflict in the Saharan arrui, Ammotragus lervia sahariensis: Relation to weaning and mother's sexual activity
spellingShingle Mother — Offspring conflict in the Saharan arrui, Ammotragus lervia sahariensis: Relation to weaning and mother's sexual activity
Cassinello, Jorge
Ammotragus lervia
Ammotragus lervia sahariensis
Saharan arrui
title_short Mother — Offspring conflict in the Saharan arrui, Ammotragus lervia sahariensis: Relation to weaning and mother's sexual activity
title_full Mother — Offspring conflict in the Saharan arrui, Ammotragus lervia sahariensis: Relation to weaning and mother's sexual activity
title_fullStr Mother — Offspring conflict in the Saharan arrui, Ammotragus lervia sahariensis: Relation to weaning and mother's sexual activity
title_full_unstemmed Mother — Offspring conflict in the Saharan arrui, Ammotragus lervia sahariensis: Relation to weaning and mother's sexual activity
title_sort Mother — Offspring conflict in the Saharan arrui, Ammotragus lervia sahariensis: Relation to weaning and mother's sexual activity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cassinello, Jorge
author Cassinello, Jorge
author_facet Cassinello, Jorge
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ammotragus lervia
Ammotragus lervia sahariensis
Saharan arrui
topic Ammotragus lervia
Ammotragus lervia sahariensis
Saharan arrui
description Behavioural conflict between mother and offspring was investigated in a captive population of the Saharan arrui (Ammotragus lervia sahariensis, Artiodactyla: Bovidae). The frequency of agonistic behaviours (mother's aggressiveness and calf's retreats) and unsuccessful suckling attempts, Hinde's proximity index and the distances between mother and calf have been analysed in relation to weaning and sexual activity of the mother. Mothers that conceive in the following mating season accelerate the weaning process of their current offspring; furthermore, high-ranking females wean their male calves earlier. Behavioural conflict occurs during the resumption of the mother's sexual activity; however, no conflict appears to happen during weaning.
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