An Ethological Analysis of the Reproductive Behaviour of the Bitterling (Rhodeus Amarus Bloch)
An Ethological Analysis of the Reproductive Behaviour of the Bitterling (Rhodeus Amarus Bloch)
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苦鳅(Rhodeus Amarus Bloch)繁殖行为的行为学分析
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10.1163/036551661x00052
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1962
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P. R. Wiepkema
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P. R. Wiepkema
REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF THE BITTERLING 193 the fact that these movements are performed with respect to the mussel and not with respect to other bitterlings. b. The agonistic movements as" typical compromises". It is reasonable to assume that originally the agonistic behaviour of the animals consisted of only two movements: chasing and fleeing. If so, the original state of the animals must have been characterized by a low level of integration of the aggressive and flight mechanisms. The development of the integration of these two mechanisms in the course of evolution may have made possible the performance of a number of agonistic movements corresponding with an equal number of A/F ratios. Because a restricted number of different agonistic movements is observed while numerous different A/F ratios are conceivable, it may be that the development of the integration of the A and F mechanisms has involved the development of" typical compromises" as described by MORRIS (1957). The definite agonistic movements seem to correspond indeed with definite ranges of the A/F ratios. A useful discussion of the role of" typical intensities" and of" typical compromises" as factors in the evolution of the different reproductive movements of the bitterling would require more adequate data on the occurrence and the causation of these movements in a number of related species of bitterlings.