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A Study in Territorial Behavior
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By
Fritz R. Walther, Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, USA (retired)
Elizabeth C. Haber, Texas Woman's University; Exotic Wildlife Association, USA
Gerald A. Grau, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
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Description
Gazelles and their relatives are important game animals in Africa and Asia; they have been successfully introduced into the US and they
are also kept in zoos throughout the world. The occurrence of territorial behavior and its importance for the reproduction of gazelles
has been recognized for some time; thus specific information on their territorial behavior is desirable both for scientific and for practical
reasons.
This book provides the first concrete information on territory size and shape, duration of territorial periods, reoccupation
of territories, phases of territoriality, the process of becoming territorial and of abandoning the territory, favorable and unfavorable
environmental factors for territorial establishment, and territoriality as antagonist of migratory behavior. Also included are many previously
unknown details of traditional territorial behavior, such as differences in the aggression of owners of territories toward (male) conspecifics
of different age and social class, the structure of a marking system within a territory, etc.
Audience
Animal scientists, veterinarians, agricultural and zoological managers and handlers, animal behaviorists.
Contents
Introduction
On Classification of Antilopinae
Present Status of Research in Antilopinae Behavior
Definition of Territory
General Methods
Sex and Age Classes
Individual Identification
Animal Populations and Habitats: Study Areas
Indian Blackbuck
Mountain Gazelle
Thomson's
and Grant's Gazelle
The Place of Territoriality within the Social System
Gregariousness and Isolation Tendency
The Social Groups
The
Territorial Males
Territoriality vs. Gregariousness and Migratory Behavior
Shape, Size and Density of Territories: Territorial Periods
General Aspects
Environmental Requirements for Territoriality in Single Species
Structure of Territory
Resting Sites and Other Specific
Activity Sites
Center and Boundary
Marking System
Male Behavior at Peak of Territoriality
Marking Behavior
Aggressive Behavior
Herding
Behavior
Sexual Behavior
Behavioral Peculiarities of Territorial Males as Compared to Other Classes
Special Relations among Territorial
Neighbors
The Day of a Territorial Buck
Variations in Territorial Behavior
Rise and Decline of Territoriality in Antilopinae
Becoming
Territorial
Decline of Territoriality
Abandoning the Territory
Functions of Territoriality in Antilopinae
Functions in Reproduction
Functions
in Social Organization and Spatial Distribution
Comparative Aspects of Antilopinae Territoriality
Management Implications
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Hardbound, 252 pages, publication date: DEC-1983
ISBN-13: 978-0-8155-0928-8
ISBN-10: 0-8155-0928-6
Imprint: WILLIAM ANDREW
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