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Experimental Investigation of Interrelations between Small Rodents and Red Wood Ants. / Levenets, J. V.; Gromov, V. S.; Reznikova, Zh I. и др.
в: Contemporary Problems of Ecology, Том 12, № 3, 01.05.2019, стр. 238-244.Результаты исследований: Научные публикации в периодических изданиях › статья › Рецензирование
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental Investigation of Interrelations between Small Rodents and Red Wood Ants
AU - Levenets, J. V.
AU - Gromov, V. S.
AU - Reznikova, Zh I.
AU - Parteleeva, S. N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - Investigations of the mechanisms of the spatial-behavioral interaction of members of diverse and significant guilds such as red wood ants and small mammals have been started only recently, and many questions remain obscure. We have investigated interrelations between red wood ants Formica aquilonia Yarr and the common vole Microtus arvalis Pallas, the bank vole Myodes glareolus Schreber, and the pygmy wood mouse Sylvaemus uralensis Pallas in laboratory experiments. We first describe the defensive behavior of rodents and reveal a stereotype of the hunting behavior of the common vole towards dangerous insects. In all three rodent species, defensive behavior increases with an increase in the number of ants used in the tests, which corresponds to simulated natural situations with gradations of the dynamic density of insects. We speculate about the relationship between the defensive and hunting behavior of rodents towards red wood ants.
AB - Investigations of the mechanisms of the spatial-behavioral interaction of members of diverse and significant guilds such as red wood ants and small mammals have been started only recently, and many questions remain obscure. We have investigated interrelations between red wood ants Formica aquilonia Yarr and the common vole Microtus arvalis Pallas, the bank vole Myodes glareolus Schreber, and the pygmy wood mouse Sylvaemus uralensis Pallas in laboratory experiments. We first describe the defensive behavior of rodents and reveal a stereotype of the hunting behavior of the common vole towards dangerous insects. In all three rodent species, defensive behavior increases with an increase in the number of ants used in the tests, which corresponds to simulated natural situations with gradations of the dynamic density of insects. We speculate about the relationship between the defensive and hunting behavior of rodents towards red wood ants.
KW - behavior
KW - interspecies relations
KW - red wood ants
KW - small rodents
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067351582&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1134/S1995425519030077
DO - 10.1134/S1995425519030077
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067351582
VL - 12
SP - 238
EP - 244
JO - Contemporary Problems of Ecology
JF - Contemporary Problems of Ecology
SN - 1995-4255
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 20591141