Summary
Five species of cockroaches were analyzed with respect to their agonistic behavior. Agonistic acts were analyzed using four criteria: characteristics of agonistic acts, intensity, frequency and information transferred. Diagrams were constructed to illustrate the most common sequences of agonistic acts and to compare the types of behavior which characterize the social behavior of different species.
Zusammenfassung
Fünf Arten von Schaben wurden unter Bezung auf ihr agonistisches Verhalten analysiert. Agonistische Verhaltenskomponenten wurden mit Hilfe von vier Kriterien analysiert: Kennzeichen agonistischer Akte, Intensität, Häufigkeit und Transinformation. Diagramme wurden konstruiert, um die häufigsten Sequenzn agonistischer Akte zu illustrieren und um die Typen des artspezifischen Sozialverhaltens zu vergleichen.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Bell W.J., Sams G.R., 1973. — Aggressiveness in the cockroachPeriplaneta americana (Orthoptera-Blattidae).Behav. Biol., 9, 581–593.
Bell W.J., Gorton R.E. Jr., 1978. — Informational analysis of agonistic behaviour of the cockroachNauphoeta cinerea.Behaviour, 67, 217–235.
Bell W.J., Robinson S., Tourtellot M.K., Breed M.D., 1978. — An ethometric analysis of agonistic behavior and social hierarchies in the cockroachEublaberus positicus Z. Tierpsychol., 48, 203–218
Breed M.D., Hinkle C.M., Bell W.J., 1975. — Agonistic behavior in the German cockroachBlattella germanica.Z. Tierpsychol., 39, 24–32.
Deleporte, P., 1974. — Contribution à l'étude de l'organisation sociale chezPeriplaneta americana (Dictyopteres). Evolution des relations interindividuelles chez les larves et adultes mâles. Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Rennes.
Dingle H., 1969. — A statistical and information analysis of aggressive communication in the mantis shrimpGonadactylus bredini Manning.Anim. Behav., 17, 561–575.
Dingle H., 1973. — Aggressive behavior in Stomatopols and the use of information theory in the analysis of animal communication.In Winn H.E., Olla E., Ed.: Inverterbrates,Plenum Press edit., New York, Vol. 1, pp. 126–156.
Ewing L.S., 1967. — Fighting and death from stress in a cockroach.Science, 155, 1035–1036.
Ewing L.S., 1972. — Hierarchy and its relation to territoriality in the cockroachNauphoeta cinerea.Behaviour, 42, 152–174.
Ewing L.S., 1973. — Territoriality and the influence of females on the spacing of males in the cockroachNauphoeta cinerea.Behaviour, 45, 287–304.
Gautier J.Y., Morvan R., 1971. — Contribution à l'étude des relations interindividuelles chez les mâles deBlabera craniifer (Dictyopteres): leur variabilité dans le temps.Rev. Comp. Animal, 5, 45–51.
Gautier J.Y., 1974 a. — Processus de différenciation de l'organisation sociale chez quelques espèces de Blattes du genreBlaberus: aspects écologiques et éthologiques. Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Rennes.
Gautier J.Y., 1974 b. — Etude comparée de la distribution spatiale et temporelle des adultes deBlaberus atropos etB. colosseus (Dictyopteres) dans quatre grottes de Trinidad.Rev. Comp. Animal, 9, 237–258.
Gautier J.Y., 1976. — Contribution à l'étude du phénomène d'ordre de dominance chez les Blattes. I-Affrontement par paires deBlaberus craniifer mâles.Biol. Comp., 1, 353–365.
Gautier J.Y., 1977. — Le comportement social deBlaberus colosseus en milieu naturel. Plasticité du système social.Ins. Soc. (in press).
Gorton R., 1976. — Agonistic interactions in a wood roach (Shawella couloniana).J. Kansas Ent. Soc., 49, 526.
Gorton R.E., Jr.,Fulmer J., Bell W.J. — Spatial distribution and dominance in the cockroachEublaberus posticus (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae).Oecologia (submitted).
Oloman C., Breed M.D., Bell W.J., 1976. — Ontogenetic and temporal factors in agonistic behavioral interactions inPeriplaneta americana.Behav. Biol., 17, 243–248.
Quastler H., 1958. — A primer on information theory.In Yockey H.P., Ed.: Symposium on Information Theory in Biology.Pergamon Press edit., New York.
Roth L.M., Barth R.H., Jr., 1967. — The sense organs employed by cockroaches in mating behavior.Behaviour, 28, 58–94.
Steinberg, J.B., Conant R.C., 1974. — An informational analysis of the inter-male behaviour of the grasshopperChortophaga viridifasciata.Anim. Behav., 22, 617–627.
Tourtellot M.K., Breed M.D., 1976. — Agonistic behavior in males of three species of cockroach.J. Kansas Entomol. Soc., 94, 536.
Zanforlin M., 1973. — Home effect on aggressive behavior inPeriplaneta americana.Boll. Zool., 40, 81–85.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Bell, W.J., Gorton, R.E., Tourtellot, M.K. et al. Comparison of male agonistic behavior in five species of cockroaches. Ins. Soc 26, 252–263 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02223804
Received:
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02223804