[The systems organization of the breeding behavior of the moose in its natural habitat].
The complex organisation of moose sexual interrelations in natural environment is analysed from the systems point of view. To achieve the useful result--the well-timed fertilization of the all matured females on the given territory by the most strongest males--every year in autumn the multiorganismic system of interaction is formed, including the correspondent behavioural activities of local receptive females and males of different strength and different age. This system includes the sub-system of "rang establishment" between the males (detecting the strongest males), which works mainly at the beginning of rut, and the sub-system of mating. The features of species-specific behaviour are described, which assist to animals mutual detection in the forest, as well as their specific communication during the rut. The special attention is devoted to the role of olfactory and acoustic signals. The details of the forming, existing and disintegration of stable breeding couples are discussed and the breeding ritual itself is described, which ensures the achievement of the synchronisation of high sexual excitation in male and female. By means of long distance bioradiotelemetry the dynamics of heart and breathing rate were investigated as the indicators of animals emotional states on the different stages of their sexual behaviour.
Bogomolova
E M
EM
Kurochkin
Iu A
IuA
D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D003670:Deer / Q000502:physiology*; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012426:Russia; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D013598:Systems Theory; D014197:Trees
Sistemnaia organizatsiia brachnogo povedeniia losia v estestvennoĭ srede obitaniia.