| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Authors: | Brannan, DK, Brannan, CR, Lee, Jr., TE |
| Journal: | The Southwestern Naturalist |
| Volume: | 48 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Date Published: | 2003 |
| ISBN Number: | 00384909 |
| Keywords: | Philomachus, Philomachus pugnax, Scolopacidae |
| Abstract: | While much is known about the behavioral ecology of some species of pupfish (Cyprinodon), virtually nothing is known about the reproductive and territorial behavior of the Comanche Springs pupfish (C. elegans). Using SCUBA and underwater videography, observations were made of the reproductive and territorial behavior of C. elegans in the source pool of San Solomon Spring, Balmorhea State Park, Texas. We constructed time budgets of territorial males and manipulated territorial landmarks. Cyprinodon elegans exhibited courtship and agonistic behaviors, including territorial disputes similar to other Cyprinodon species. Additionally, C. elegans used visual cues as a means for identifying territory, as do other species of Cyprinodon. /// Se sabe mucho con respecto a la ecología conductual de algunas especies del pez cachorrito (Cyprinodon), pero no se sabe casi nada de la conducta reproductiva y territorial del pez cachorrito de Commanche Springs (C. elegans). Empleando buseo y videografía submarina, se hicieron observaciones de la conducta reproductiva y territorial de C. elegans en la charca surtidora de San Solomon Spring, Balmorhea State Park, Texas. Construimos presupuestos de tiempo de los machos territoriales y manipulamos hitos territoriales. Cyprinodon elegans manifestó conducta de cortejo y conducta agonística que incluían disputas territoriales semejantes a las otras especies de Cyprinodon. Además, C. elegans utilizó señas visuales como modo para identificar el territorio, así como lo hacen otras especies de Cyprinodon. |
| URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3672742 |
| Short Title: | The Southwestern Naturalist |
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