Male-female interaction during breeding and non-breeding seasons in Akodon azarae (Rodentia, Muridae)

Iheringia. Série Zoologia

Olga V. Suárez¹  Fernando O. Kravetz¹ 

[1] ,Universidad de Buenos Aires Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Departamento Ciencias BiológicasBuenos Aires,Argentina

关键词: Akodon;    breeding;    behavior;    Muridae;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0073-47212001000200023

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Dyad encounters between male and female adults of Akodon azarae (Fischer, 1829) were analyzed by means of observational techniques in a natural closure during the breeding and non-breeding seasons. The animals were held in observation during 21 days, with daily 15-minute recordings of interindividual separation distance, relative displacements, characteristics of the male-female interaction, copulation, and construction and exclusive or shared use of nests by each pair. The couples, which bred successfully, showed, on average, the longest separation distance between male and female allowed by the closure. During the first two weeks of gestation the females exhibited more displacements than their respective mates did. The male-pregnant female encounters were significantly more aggressive than those recorded between pairs which did not breed successfully. During the non-breeding season a shorter average distance between individuals and a frequent use of nests shared by the pair were recorded. The results obtained are discussed within the framework of the social system of A. azarae.

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