Aquaculture Center, CAUNESP, São Paulo State University, UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, 14884-900, Brazil.
Biosciences Institute, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Coastal Campus, Pça. Infante D. Henrique s/n, São Vicente, SP, 11330-900, Brazil.
Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 21;10(1):12050. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68513-1.
The prior residence effect consists of a higher probability of territory owners to win a fight against intruders, as observed in several territorial species across animal kingdom. However, in investigations on territorial behavior, intruder traits have been assumed as fixed. Thus, we used a territorial species as experimental model to evaluate the effect of intruder traits on aggressive behavior of territory owners. During fights staged between territory owners and intruders, intruder traits, linked with visual signals of social status (dominant-subordinate position), modulate fighting behavior of territory owners, but prior residence effect still occurred. Intruder traits must be addressed more effectively for improving the theoretical understanding of territoriality.
优先居住效应是指在动物王国的多个领域物种中,领地所有者在与入侵者的战斗中获胜的概率更高。然而,在对领地行为的调查中,入侵者的特征被认为是固定的。因此,我们使用一种领地物种作为实验模型,来评估入侵者特征对领地所有者攻击行为的影响。在领地所有者和入侵者之间进行的战斗中,与社会地位(支配-从属地位)视觉信号相关的入侵者特征会调节领地所有者的战斗行为,但优先居住效应仍然存在。必须更有效地解决入侵者特征的问题,以提高对领地性的理论理解。