Gender, age and seasonal dependent self-anointing in the European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus

• Autorzy: D'Have H. , Scheirs J. , Verhagen R. , De Coen W.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Various hypotheses have been proposed in order to explain self-anointing in hedgehogs, but until now its function is still poorly understood. In order to obtain a better understanding of self-anointing, we investigated whether this behaviour is gender, age and seasonal dependent in seven European hedgehogErinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 populations. Signs of self-anointing were observed in more than 11% of all observations. First-year independent young were found to self-anoint more than adults, while male hedgehogs bore more signs of self-anointing than females. Self-anointing in adults displayed a peak in summertime, while no clear pattern was observed for young. We conclude that self-anointing is clearly dependent on gender, age and season.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

hedgehog; field study; self-anointing; seasonal dependence; gender; European hedgehog; Erinaceus europaeus; age

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 2005
• Tom: 50
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.167-173,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

D'Have H.

• University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium

autor

Scheirs J.

autor

Verhagen R.

autor

De Coen W.

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