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Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | 1981

Territorial defence and territory take-over by satellite males in the waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Bovidae)

Peter Wirtz

SummaryIn Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, some territorial male waterbuck tolerate an additional adult male on the territory, which shares in the defence of the territory and has a higher chance than an outsider to become a territory owner.


Behaviour | 1983

Group Sizes of Antelopes in an East African National Park

Peter Wirtz; Joachim Lörscher

[Bei 11 Transektzahlungen entlang der Strasen und Wege im Nakuru Nationalpark, Kenya, wurde die Grose und Zusammensetzung jeder Antilopengruppe registriert. Die Haufigkeitsverteilung der Gruppengrosen von acht Antilopenarten (4430 Gruppen) wird beschrieben. Schoslingsfresser hatten niedrigere Gruppengrosen als Grasfresser; mittlere und maximale Gruppengrose waren positiv korreliert mit der Korpergrose der Art; Arten, die in offenem Grasland lebten, kamen in groseren Gruppen vor als Arten, die in dichterer Vegetation lebten. Die Messungen stimmen also gut mit den Hypothesen von JARMAN (1974) und ESTES (1974) uberein. Zusatzlich wurde gezeigt, das die durchschnittlich pro Monat gezahlte Zahl der Tiere pro Art und die Gruppengrose positiv korreliert waren. Die Kausalfaktoren, die die gefundenen Korrelationen verursacht haben konnten, werden diskutiert.Summary During 11 road strip counts in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, the size of every antelope group encountered was recorded. The frequency distribution of group sizes of the eight most common species (steenbok, Kirks dikdik, bushbuck, bohor reedbuck, mountain reedbuck, Thomsons gazelle, impala, waterbuck) is described. The data agree well with JARMANS (1974) hypothesis, which relates feeding style, body size, and group size, and with ESTES (1974) hypothesis, which relates habitat structure and group size: browsers had lower group sizes than grazers, group size was positively correlated with body weight of the species, and species living in open grassland had larger group sizes than those living in dense vegetation. In addition, the average and maximum group size of the eight species was positively correlated with the average number counted per month, Bei 11 Transektzahlungen entlang der Strasen und Wege im Nakuru Nationalpark, Kenya, wurde die Grose und Zusammensetzung jeder Antilopengruppe registriert. Die Haufigkeitsverteilung der Gruppengrosen von acht Antilopenarten (4430 Gruppen) wird beschrieben. Schoslingsfresser hatten niedrigere Gruppengrosen als Grasfresser; mittlere und maximale Gruppengrose waren positiv korreliert mit der Korpergrose der Art; Arten, die in offenem Grasland lebten, kamen in groseren Gruppen vor als Arten, die in dichterer Vegetation lebten. Die Messungen stimmen also gut mit den Hypothesen von JARMAN (1974) und ESTES (1974) uberein. Zusatzlich wurde gezeigt, das die durchschnittlich pro Monat gezahlte Zahl der Tiere pro Art und die Gruppengrose positiv korreliert waren. Die Kausalfaktoren, die die gefundenen Korrelationen verursacht haben konnten, werden diskutiert.Summary During 11 road strip counts in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, the size of every antelope group encountered was recorded. The frequency distribution of group sizes of the eight most common species (steenbok, Kirks dikdik, bushbuck, bohor reedbuck, mountain reedbuck, Thomsons gazelle, impala, waterbuck) is described. The data agree well with JARMANS (1974) hypothesis, which relates feeding style, body size, and group size, and with ESTES (1974) hypothesis, which relates habitat structure and group size: browsers had lower group sizes than grazers, group size was positively correlated with body weight of the species, and species living in open grassland had larger group sizes than those living in dense vegetation. In addition, the average and maximum group size of the eight species was positively correlated with the average number counted per month]


Animal Behaviour | 1986

A leech that feeds its young

Ulrich Kutschera; Peter Wirtz

Bengtsson, B. O. 1978. Avoiding inbreeding: at what cost? J. theor. Biol., 73, 439M44. Brown, J. L. 1983. Co-operation: a biologistss dilemma. In: Advances in the Study of Behaviour. VoL 13 (Ed. by J. S. Rosenblatt, R. A. Hinde, C. Beer & M. Busnel), pp. 1 37. New York: Academic Press. Hamilton, W. D. 1964. The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I, II. J. theor. Biol., 12, 1-52. Hoogland, J. L. 1982. Prairie dogs avoid extreme inbreeding. Science, N.Y., 215, 1639 1641. Johnson, M. S. & Brown, J. L. 1980. Genetic variation among trait groups and apparent absence of close inbreeding in grey-crowned babblers. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 7, 93-98. Koenig, W. D., Mumme, R. L. & Pitelka, F. A. 1984. The breeding system of the acorn woodpecker in central coastal California. Z. Tierpsychol., 65, 289 308. Moore, J. & Ali, R. 1984. Are dispersal and inbreeding avoidance related? Anim. Behav., 32, 94-112. Ralls, K., Harvey, P. H. & Lyles, A. M. In press. In: Conservation Biology: Sciences of Diversity (Ed. by M. Soule). Ann Arbor: Michigan University Press. Rowley, I. 1981. The communal way of life in the splendid wren, Malurus splendens. Z. TierpsychoL, 55, 228 267. Shields, W. M. 1982. Philopatry, Inbreeding and the Evolution of Sex. New York: State University of New York Press. Woolfenden, G. E. & Fitzpatrick, J. W. 1984. The Florida Scrub Jay. Demography of a Co-operative Breeding Bird. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.


Animal Behaviour | 1999

Mother species–father species: unidirectional hybridization in animals with female choice

Peter Wirtz


Ethology | 2010

The Behaviour of the Mediterranean Tripterygion Species (Pisces, Blennioidei)

Peter Wirtz


Ethology | 2010

The Social Structure of Inachus phalangium, a Spider Crab Associated with the Sea Anemone Anemonia sulcata

Peter Wirtz; Rudolf Diesel


Ethology | 2010

Territory Holders, Satellite Males and Bachelor Males in a High Density Population of Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) and their Associations with Conspecifics1)

Peter Wirtz


Cybium | 1980

A revision of the Eastern-Atlantic tripterygiidae (pisces, blennioidei) and notes on some Westafrican blennioid fish

Peter Wirtz


Trends in Ecology and Evolution | 1997

Sperm selection by females

Peter Wirtz


Archive | 1998

A first inventory of the mysid fauna (Crustacea: Mysidacea) in coastal waters of the Madeira and Canary archipelagos

Karl J. Wittmann; Peter Wirtz

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