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The role of receptivity in the courtship behavior of Podocnemis erythrocephala in captivity

The courtship behavior of Podocnemis erythrocephala (Red-headed Amazon River Turtle) in captivity was studied to examine female receptivity and male response to female rejection. We observed 20 females and 39 males in 150 sessions (3–6 h/day for a total of 450 h). In 36% of the trials, there was no...

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Autores principales: Ferrara, Camila Rudge, Schneider, Larissa, Vogt, Richard C., Burger, Joanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3150796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21874090
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-009-0062-9
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author Ferrara, Camila Rudge
Schneider, Larissa
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description The courtship behavior of Podocnemis erythrocephala (Red-headed Amazon River Turtle) in captivity was studied to examine female receptivity and male response to female rejection. We observed 20 females and 39 males in 150 sessions (3–6 h/day for a total of 450 h). In 36% of the trials, there was no interaction between males and females, and 20% of the trials resulted in copulations. All males introduced into tanks approached females, and eventually there was aggression among the males. In 48% of the experiments, females also searched for or approached males. When males initially approached females, they either accepted the male’s advances (14%), rejected the male passively (38%), or rejected the male aggressively (48%). In 86% of the cases where males were rejected, 4% attempted to approach females again, and in 51% they were ultimately successful.
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spelling pubmed-31507962011-08-24 The role of receptivity in the courtship behavior of Podocnemis erythrocephala in captivity Ferrara, Camila Rudge Schneider, Larissa Vogt, Richard C. Burger, Joanna Acta Ethol Short Communication The courtship behavior of Podocnemis erythrocephala (Red-headed Amazon River Turtle) in captivity was studied to examine female receptivity and male response to female rejection. We observed 20 females and 39 males in 150 sessions (3–6 h/day for a total of 450 h). In 36% of the trials, there was no interaction between males and females, and 20% of the trials resulted in copulations. All males introduced into tanks approached females, and eventually there was aggression among the males. In 48% of the experiments, females also searched for or approached males. When males initially approached females, they either accepted the male’s advances (14%), rejected the male passively (38%), or rejected the male aggressively (48%). In 86% of the cases where males were rejected, 4% attempted to approach females again, and in 51% they were ultimately successful. Springer-Verlag 2009-09-24 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC3150796/ /pubmed/21874090 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-009-0062-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2009 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Ferrara, Camila Rudge
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The role of receptivity in the courtship behavior of Podocnemis erythrocephala in captivity
title The role of receptivity in the courtship behavior of Podocnemis erythrocephala in captivity
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title_short The role of receptivity in the courtship behavior of Podocnemis erythrocephala in captivity
title_sort role of receptivity in the courtship behavior of podocnemis erythrocephala in captivity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3150796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21874090
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-009-0062-9
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