Reproductive Status and Movement of Adult Female Alligators

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
William L. Rootes ◽  
Robert H. Chabreck
Keyword(s):  
Adult Female ◽  
Reproductive Status

Behavioural asymmetries and cohesive mother–offspring sociality in bushy-tailed wood rats

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 597-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Moses ◽  
John S. Millar
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Season ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Reproductive Status ◽  
Habitat Patch ◽  
Agonistic Behaviour ◽  
Rock Outcrops ◽  
Neotoma Cinerea ◽  
Behavioural Asymmetries ◽  
Behavioural Interactions ◽  
Resource Patches

Bushy-tailed wood rats (Neotoma cinerea) are usually confined to highly clumped resource patches (i.e., rock outcrops), and potentially compete for limited den sites within outcrops. Adults may breed on the same outcrop over several years, and philopatric yearlings usually breed in proximity to close kin. We investigated the influence of kinship and reproductive status on the nature and stability of wood rat sociality. Behavioural interactions among mother–offspring and adult female – nonkin dyads from the wild were quantified in a neutral arena during (i) the autumn when offspring were immature subadults, and (ii) the following spring, when all dyad members were reproductively active. Nonkin dyads were characterized almost entirely by agonistic behaviour. Virtually all amicable behaviour was directed toward close kin, and most interactions among kin dyads were amicable. Further, these strong kin-based behavioural asymmetries did not differ between the autumn and the subsequent breeding season, and could not be explained by postweaning familiarity (i.e., residency on a common habitat patch) alone. Wood rat sociality appears to be characterized by two elements: (i) divisive agonism directed toward nonkin, and (ii) stable, cohesive relationships among close kin (mother–offspring). Possible causes and consequences of sociality in bushy-tailed wood rats are discussed.

Chronic Refractory Cough: A Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Anna Maria Siciliano
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Chronic Cough ◽  
Treatment Regime ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Old Adult ◽  
Language Pathology

This paper presents a successful behavioral case study in treatment of chronic refractory cough in a 60-year-old adult female. The efficacy for speech-language pathology treating chronic cough is discussed along with description of treatment regime. Discussion focuses on therapy approaches used and the patient's report of changes in quality of life and frequency, duration, and severity reduction of her cough after treatment.

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