Learned and spontaneous magnetosensitive behaviour in the Roborovski hamster (Phodopus roborovskii)

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F18%3A78612" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/18:78612 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eth.12744" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eth.12744</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eth.12744" target="_blank" >10.1111/eth.12744</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Learned and spontaneous magnetosensitive behaviour in the Roborovski hamster (Phodopus roborovskii)

Original language description

Sensing the geomagnetic field, called magnetoreception, might be a helpful tool for an animal to orientate and navigate in its environment. Although several rodent species are known to be magnetosensitive, detailed insights into this sensory ability are rare and the underlying mechanism in mammals is still unknown. The magnetic sense of the Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus) expresses a learned behavioural pattern. Here, we report evidence for magnetoreception based on learned cues as well as spontaneous magnetosensitive behaviour in a closely related species, the Roborovski hamster (Phodopus roborovskii), for the first time. The hamsters learned to build their nests in specific magnetic directions (nest-building assay) and spent spontaneously more time exploring a magnet compared to a sham (magnetic object assay). Furthermore, an influence of weak radio frequency magnetic fields was observed and is discussed with respect to magnetoreception mechanisms.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10614 - Behavioral sciences biology

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ethology

ISSN

0179-1613

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

124

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

423-431

UT code for WoS article

000431634000006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85046788322