Recognition of interspecific familiar versus unfamiliar odours among bank voles and yellow-necked mice

• Autorzy: Lopucki R. , Szymroszczyk P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Two experiments (laboratory and field-laboratory) were designed to determine whether individual bank voles Clethrionomys glareolus (Schreber, 1780) and yellow-necked mice Apodemus flavicollis (Melchior, 1834) could distinguish heterospecific odour cues from familiar and unfamiliar individuals. In the laboratory experiment each male bank vole was familiarized for 24 h with odour (cotton wool impregnated with urine and faeces) of male yellow-necked mice and yellow-necked mice were familiarized with odour of male bank voles. In the field-laboratory experiment the individual bank voles and yellow-necked mice captured at the same point were considered familiar and transfered to the laboratory. In laboratory, these individuals were tested in a box (for 5 h) affording them the choice between the odours of familiar and unfamiliar hetero­specific males. Bank voles discriminated between familiar and unfamiliar yellow- -necked mouse odours. Male yellow-necked mice seemed to have a similar ability to recognise odours of familiar bank voles. It is proposed that interactions between these two species occur not only on the species level, but also on the level of individual. This phenomenon (probably asymmetric) can play an important role in spatial orientation, and influence direct contacts between individuals of these species.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

yellow-necked mice; Clethrionomys glareolus; Apodemus flavicollis; mouse; small rodent; mice; bank vole; recognition; forest-dwelling species; rodent; familiarity; odour communication

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 2003
• Tom: 48
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.167-176,fig.

Twórcy

autor

Lopucki R.

• Catholic University of Lublin, Al.Krasnicka 102, 20-718 Lublin, Poland

autor

Szymroszczyk P.

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