Antipredator Constraints on Lactating Nubian Ibexes

Autor:	Daniel M. Müller, Philip U. Alkon, Stephan G. Kohlmann
Rok vydání:	1996
Předmět:	Time budget education.field_of_study Capra ibex Ecology Offspring Population Bovidae Biology biology.organism_classification Predation Habitat Genetics Animal Science and Zoology education Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation Demography
Zdroj:	Journal of Mammalogy. 77:1122-1131
ISSN:	0022-2372 1545-1542
Popis:	We compared time budgets, selection of habitat, and nursing schedules of female, free-ranging Nubian ibexes ( Capra ibex nubiand ) accompanied by following young (the usual maternal strategy) and those with young accidentally confined to a natural physiographic trap (i.e., nursery), which prevented them from following their mothers for several days. Following young and those in the nursery occurred simultaneously in the same area and population in the highlands of the Negev Desert in southern Israel. The behavior of mothers of young confined in the nursery differed from that of mothers with following young, and among the same individuals before and after their young left the nursery. Females with young confined in the nursery selected richer feeding habitats, spent more time feeding per day, foraged further from escape terrain and in smaller groups than did mothers with following young. Minimizing risk of predation to offspring appeared to be a key constraint on the behavior of mothers with following young.
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