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A description of a new discovery: African wild dog packs communicate with other packs by posting scent-mark messages at a shared marking site
AbstractUnderstanding the use of space by endangered African wild dogs ( Lycaon pictus ) can contribute to their conservation because persecution by...
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Investigating scent communication and latrine use to inform translocation of the Tasmanian devil
AbstractTranslocation programs for endangered mammalian carnivores face numerous challenges, including the potential for lethal interactions between...
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Conspecific scent marks may influence underground site selection by a fossorial reptile
AbstractConspecific cues often provide social information on habitat quality that is considered when deciding to settle at a specific site. The type...
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Floral scent divergence across an elevational hybrid zone with varying pollinators
Divergence in floral traits attractive to different pollinators can promote reproductive isolation in related species. When isolation is incomplete,...
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Heat-altered scent marks of males of a fossorial reptile still allow recognition by females but lose information on male quality
The efficacy of sexual signals in communication is often maximized under specific environmental conditions. Anthropic alterations of these conditions...
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Marking Versus Overmarking: Spatial and Behavioral Patterns of Scent Marking in Wild Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema)
In mammals, olfactory communication plays an essential role in territorial and mating dynamics. Scent depositions in various species, including...
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First documentation of scent-marking behaviors in striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis)
Communication behaviors play a critical role in both an individual’s fitness as well as the viability of populations. Solitary animals use chemical...
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The Use of Excretion- and Secretion-Based Scent Communication in European Badgers (Meles Meles)
Redundancy in animal communication enhances the likelihood that information transmission occurs between the sender and receiver. In olfactory...
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Dynamic changes to signal allocation rules in response to variable social environments in house mice
Urine marking is central to mouse social behavior. Males use depletable and costly urine marks in intrasexual competition and mate attraction. We...
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The unique case of marking behaviour in juvenile lynx
Active scent marking with urine has been described in a number of mammal species, including felids. In Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx ), scent marking plays...
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Sprayed Urine Emits a Pungent Odor due to its Increased Adhesion to Vertical Objects via Urinary Proteins Rather Than to Changes in its Volatile Chemical Profile in Domestic Cats
Spraying urine on vertical objects by raising the tail is a commonly observed functional behavior for chemical communication in Felidae species,...
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Putting a Price on Honesty: Methods to Evaluate the Costs of Olfactory Signalling
Scent-marking is broadly considered to provide an honest signal of an individual’s quality. Here, we use the European badger (Meles meles) as a...
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Cheetah communication at scent-marking sites can be inhibited or delayed by predators
AbstractScent-marking is a way for individuals to indirectly communicate; however, the information is not exclusive to a single species and can be...
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Why wait to mark? Possible reasons behind latency from olfactory exploration to overmarking in four African equid species
Whereas most studies on overmarking in mammals analysed the rate of overmarking, that those investigate time between exploration of an olfactory...
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Scent marking in wolves Canis lupus inhabiting managed lowland forests in Poland
In wolves Canis lupus , scent marking plays an important role in territory defence. In Europe, studies on patterns of scent marking in wolves have...
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Onion (Allium cepa L.) Attracts Scoliid Wasps by Means of Generalist Floral Volatiles
Onion flowers require pollinator-mediated cross-pollination. However, the cues that pollinators use to locate the flowers are not well understood....
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Reactions of Free-Ranging African Carnivores to Single Components of Carnivore Odours: Evidence that Mammalian Semiochemicals Are Not All Irreducibly Complex
Despite their potential, very few mammalian olfactory cues or signals have found practical applications, partly because the assumption that mammalian...
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Mesocarnivores vary in their spatiotemporal avoidance strategies at communications hubs of an apex carnivore
Mesocarnivores face interspecific competition and risk intraguild predation when sharing resources with apex carnivores. Within a landscape,...
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Conditioning honeybees to a specific mimic odor increases foraging activity on a self-compatible almond variety
Almond is a high-market value crop that benefits from honeybee pollination services, even for self-compatible varieties. Besides, it has been...
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Using heterogeneous camera-trap** sites to obtain the first density estimates for the transboundary Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) population in the Dinaric Mountains
Estimating abundance of wild animal populations is crucial for their management and conservation. While spatial capture-recapture models are becoming...
