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在被囚禁的利文斯通果蝙蝠中,主导级别和激烈相互作用的预测因素

Sarah Richdon^1,2, Eluned Price³, Dominic Wormell³

¹School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK.

Current zoology

|October 25, 2023

概括

雄性利文斯通的水果蝙蝠 (Pteropus livingstonii) 呈现出稳定的统治层次,年龄较大,高级的雄性开始了大多数社交互动. 这项研究揭示了蝙蝠复杂的社会行为.

科学领域:

伦理学伦理学伦理学
动物学动物学
哺乳动物学哺乳动物学

背景情况:

在许多社会动物中,男性主导层次结构得到了充分记录,但在蝙蝠 (Chiroptera) 中仍未得到充分研究.
了解主导等级对于评估个体健康,资源获取,交配机会和有效的俘管理至关重要.

研究的目的:

为了研究男性利文斯通果蝙蝠 (Pteropus livingstonii) 的社会统治层次.
分析这种蝙蝠物种中占主导地位的预测因素,交互频率和伴侣选择.

主要方法:

2018年在两个动物园 (布里斯托尔动物园花园和泽西动物园) 进行了超过345小时的19只雄性利文斯通果蝙蝠的观测研究.
焦点追踪被用来记录激烈的相互作用,识别煽动者,赢家和失败者.
数据使用R包"EloRating"进行统治性排名评估和通用线性混合模型/多重线性回归用于预测分析.

主要成果:

在雄性利文斯通果蝙蝠中观察到一个稳定,线性统治层次.
主导等级与年龄正相关,大约为9岁.
排名更高的蝙蝠开始了更激烈的互动,主要针对排名较低的个人.

结论:

利文斯通的水果蝙蝠具有稳定的线性统治层次,年长的,主导的雄性积极保持他们的等级.
这些发现有助于对Pteropus社会行为的有限理解,表明一些蝙蝠物种的复杂社会系统与非人类灵长类动物相比.

关键词:

长腿动物 (Chiroptera) 是一个类动物.的 Elo 评分.蝙蝠蝙蝠蝙蝠蝙蝠是一个这是一个被囚禁的囚禁.层次结构的层次结构.我们的社会社会社会社会.

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