Role of female territoriality in social and mating systems of Canthigaster valentini (Pisces: Tetraodontidae): evidence from field experiments

Gladstone, W

Role of female territoriality in social and mating systems of Canthigaster valentini (Pisces: Tetraodontidae): evidence from field experiments

Gladstone, W

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Citation:: Marine Biology, 1987, 96 (2), pp. 185 - 191
Issue Date:: 1987-10-01

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dc.contributor.author	Gladstone, W https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4517-4605	en_US
dc.date.issued	1987-10-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Marine Biology, 1987, 96 (2), pp. 185 - 191	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0025-3162	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14799
dc.description.abstract	Sharpnose puffers, Canthigaster valentini (Pisces: Tetraodontidae) at Lizard Island, Australia, live in made-dominated haremic social and mating systems. The hypothesis was that mature females are restricted in their movements and can be monopolized by some males. Field experiments at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, between January and March 1983 showed that mature females were still territorial in the absence of males and movements of females were not controlled by males. Males abandoned their territories when their females were removed. The territorial behavior of those males with access to females (territorial males) restricted the access of other males (bachelor males) to them. Bachelor males took over harems and became territorial males when established territorial males were removed. The results of the experiments thus supported the hypothesis. © 1987 Springer-Verlag.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Marine Biology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/BF00427018	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	en_US
dc.title	Role of female territoriality in social and mating systems of Canthigaster valentini (Pisces: Tetraodontidae): evidence from field experiments	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	96	en_US
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utslib.for	05 Environmental Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	06 Biological Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	96	en_US

Abstract:

Sharpnose puffers, Canthigaster valentini (Pisces: Tetraodontidae) at Lizard Island, Australia, live in made-dominated haremic social and mating systems. The hypothesis was that mature females are restricted in their movements and can be monopolized by some males. Field experiments at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, between January and March 1983 showed that mature females were still territorial in the absence of males and movements of females were not controlled by males. Males abandoned their territories when their females were removed. The territorial behavior of those males with access to females (territorial males) restricted the access of other males (bachelor males) to them. Bachelor males took over harems and became territorial males when established territorial males were removed. The results of the experiments thus supported the hypothesis. © 1987 Springer-Verlag.

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