Territorial defense by coyotes ( Canis latrans ) in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: who, how, where, when, and why
Territorial defense by coyotes ( Canis latrans ) in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: who, how, where, when, and why
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DOI：
10.1139/z01-054
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发表时间：
2001-06
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
E. Gese
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作者：
E. Gese
地盘防御和维护是大多数食肉动物社会生态的一个重要方面。1991年1月至1993年6月，我们在美国怀俄明州黄石国家公园对54只土狼（Canis latrans）进行了2507小时的观察，观察到112例领地防卫行为。参与挑战和驱逐入侵动物的土狼的身份是已知的。α型土狼最有可能参与驱逐入侵动物的行为，其次是β型土狼；幼崽很少参与领土防御。在挑战入侵者时，驱逐入侵者的土狼通常具有数量优势。领地防卫率在繁殖季节和刚结束后以及幼崽从窝中出来时最高。所有对入侵者的追逐都在土狼的领地边界结束。闯入的动物和居住的狼群成员之间发生了身体接触，没有入侵者被杀死或严重受伤。物理控制……
Territorial defense and maintenance are an important facet of the social ecology of most carnivore species. From January 1991 to June 1993, we observed 54 coyotes (Canis latrans) for 2507 h in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, during which we observed 112 instances of territory defense. The identity of the coyotes involved in challenging and evicting intruding animals was known. Alpha coyotes were most likely to be involved in territorial evictions of intruding animals, followed by beta individuals; pups participated little in territory defense. Coyotes evicting intruders generally had a numerical advantage when challenging the intruders. Territory-defense rates were highest during and immediately after the breeding season and during the time of pup emergence from the den. All chases of intruders ended at the boundary of the resident coyote pack's territory. Physical contact between the intruding animal and resident pack members occurred with no intruders being killed or seriously injured. Physical cont...