Towards streamlined bank vole odor preference evaluation using Y-mazes
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F20%3A84298" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/20:84298 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13364-019-00445-2" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13364-019-00445-2</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-019-00445-2" target="_blank" >10.1007/s13364-019-00445-2</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Towards streamlined bank vole odor preference evaluation using Y-mazes
Original language description
Seed consumption by rodents causes substantial economic losses in agriculture and forest restoration. Rodents rely on their sensitive sense of smell to gather information about their environment. However, comparably little is known about how rodents use olfaction to locate food. We used bank voles to measure attraction to acorn odors in a Y-maze. Preferences were measured using two behaviors: approaching (time spent in odor preference zones) and investigation (numbers of nose pokes in odor nozzle), which yielded similar results. Shorter time intervals (15 and 30 s) in the preference zones were at least as good as the longer time interval (60 s) for detecting differences in approaching behavior. In this way, it is possible to reduce the measurement time with approximately 50%. Investigation, which was evaluated using only one time interval (180 s), yielded longer measurement time. Acorns were as preferred as the familiar, standard food (rodent chow) while an acorn aeration extract did not produce any
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Mammal Research
ISSN
2199-2401
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
65
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
1-9
UT code for WoS article
000511692900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85070331682