Attack priming and aggressive arousal in female Syrian golden hamsters, Mesocricetus auratus
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The experiments revealed that the time a resident female intruder spent in contact with each conspecific intruder before attack show this priming effect more transparently than did the traditional total elapsed time measure. The hypothesis that stimuli faced during the first few minutes of intruder exploration would enhance the subject's aggressive evocation was corroborated in experiments revealing that enhancing exposure to an anaesthetized intruder from 0 to 90 sec systematically decreased the priming impact.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1995
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Individually distinctive odours represent individual conspecifics in rats
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Rats' ability to discriminate between familiar conspecifics was investigated in a series of three experiments using a go/no-go discrimination procedure. Results of the first experiment revealed that rats are able to recognize conspecifics as individuals. The second experiment showed that rats had more difficulty in acquiring a reversed discrimination than a novel discrimination. Results of the last experiment indicated that rats can recognize individuals using only their olfactory signatures.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1997
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Individual odours and mating success in the golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus
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Female golden hamsters can recognize individual male conspecifics by detecting individual differences in their odors. Familiarity with a male odor increases the chance of female sexual receptivity and lowers her aggression toward that male. Odors of flank gland secretions, urine, faeces and soiled bedding from males help females in distinguishing individual conspecifics. Mating success and sexual encounters depend on female's familiarity with individual male odor and its effect on her.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1993
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