Ethological studies on Lebistes reticulatus (Peters). I. An analysis of the male courtship pattern
Ethological studies on Lebistes reticulatus (Peters). I. An analysis of the male courtship pattern
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DOI：
10.1163/156853955x00238
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发表时间：
1955-01-01
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影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
WATERBOLK, H. Tj.
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作者：
BAERENDS, G. P.;BROUWER, R.;WATERBOLK, H. Tj.
描述了这种胎生性鲤齿目鱼类的求偶过程，并试图对雄性在这些表演过程中的行为进行行为学分析。有几种求爱活动是不同的。求爱由两个阶段组成：初步阶段，雄鱼表现得好像在试图引导雌鱼离开孔雀鱼聚集地；另一个更高级的阶段，包括与其他出租车组件进行相同的活动，并以交配尝试结束。通过进行生殖器涂片，可以将真正的交配尝试与单纯的淋病接触区分开来。虽然不同雄鸟的标记图案有很大的不同，但在求爱过程中，所有的雄鸟都有相同的黑色斑纹图案。在求爱过程中，出现在不同组合中的六组不同的标记被区分开来。对它们发生的定量研究表明，这些模式中的一些总是相伴在一起，另一些则从不，而几个模式经常被组合在一起。对确定的标记模式和确定的行为之间的相关性的研究有力地表明，标记模式指示特定的内部因素或这些因素的组合。明确的标记模式对应于不同的性行为准备程度，这一事实使得定量研究不同强度的内部和外部刺激对反应特征的综合影响成为可能，标记模式作为内部刺激的衡量标准，男性的大小作为外部刺激的衡量标准。同样的反应显然可以由内部和外部刺激的不同组合引起；反应的种类和强度仅取决于刺激的总量，而不考虑其来源。本文初步试图解释这种求爱的形式是性本能、进攻性本能和逃避本能相互作用的结果。在此基础上，对等级、仪式化、欲望行为、圆满行为等概念进行了理论上的评析。|摘要作者：G.P.Baerends
A description is given of the courtship of this viviparous cyprinodontid fish, and an ethological analysis is attempted of the behavior of the male during these performances. Several courting activities are distinguished. Courtship consists of 2 phases: a preliminary one in which the male acts as if he were trying to lead the female away from a concentration of guppies; and a more advanced stage, including the same activities with other taxis components and ending in a copulation attempt. By making genital smears real copulation attempts could be distinguished from mere gonopodial contacts. Though the marking pattern varies considerably in different males, during courtship all males take on the same patterns of black markings. Six different group of markings are distinguished that occur in various combinations during courtship. Quantitative studies of their occurrence show that some of these patterns always go together, others never, while several patterns are frequently combined. Study of the correlation between the presence of definite marking patterns and definite behaviors strongly suggests that the marking patterns are indicative for specific internal factors or combinations of such factors. The fact that definite marking patterns correspond with different degrees of readiness to perform sexual behavior makes possible quantitative study of the combined effect of internal and external stimulation of different intensities on the character of the response, with the marking pattern taken as a measure of the internal stimulation and the size of the male as a measure of the external stimulus. The same response clearly can be caused by different combinations of internal and external stimulation; the kind and the intensity of the response depends only on the total amount of stimulation irrespective of its origin. A preliminary attempt is made to explain the form of the courtship as the result of interactions of the sexual, the agressive and the fleeing instincts. On the basis of the analysis undertaken some theoretical remarks are made on the concepts of hierarchy, ritualization, appetitive behavior and consummatory act. || ABSTRACT AUTHORS: G. P. Baerends