Data_Sheet_2_Cross-Context Responses to Novelty in Rural and Urban Small Mammals.PDF
The Anthropocene is the era of urbanization. The accelerating expansion of cities occurs at the expense of natural reservoirs of biodiversity and presents animals with challenges for which their evolutionary past might not have prepared them. Cognitive and behavioral adjustments to novelty could pro...
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ftsmithonian:oai:figshare.com:article/16893493 2023-05-15T17:12:35+02:00 Data_Sheet_2_Cross-Context Responses to Novelty in Rural and Urban Small Mammals.PDF Valeria Mazza (11616130) Inken Czyperreck (11616133) Jana A. Eccard (8154516) Melanie Dammhahn (3272673) 2021-10-28T04:02:43Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.661971.s002 unknown https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_Sheet_2_Cross-Context_Responses_to_Novelty_in_Rural_and_Urban_Small_Mammals_PDF/16893493 doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.661971.s002 CC BY 4.0 CC-BY Evolutionary Biology Ecology Invasive Species Ecology Landscape Ecology Conservation and Biodiversity Behavioural Ecology Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) Ecological Physiology Freshwater Ecology Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) Population Ecology Terrestrial Ecology animal cognition anthropogenic environment HIREC novelty neophobia neophilia rodents urbanization Dataset 2021 ftsmithonian https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.661971.s002 2021-12-19T23:11:51Z The Anthropocene is the era of urbanization. The accelerating expansion of cities occurs at the expense of natural reservoirs of biodiversity and presents animals with challenges for which their evolutionary past might not have prepared them. Cognitive and behavioral adjustments to novelty could promote animals’ persistence under these altered conditions. We investigated the structure of, and covariance between, different aspects of responses to novelty in rural and urban small mammals of two non-commensal rodent species. We ran replicated experiments testing responses to three novelty types (object, food, or space) of 47 individual common voles (Microtus arvalis) and 41 individual striped field mice (Apodemus agrarius). We found partial support for the hypothesis that responses to novelty are structured, clustering (i) speed of responses, (ii) intensity of responses, and (iii) responses to food into separate dimensions. Rural and urban small mammals did not differ in most responses to novelty, suggesting that urban habitats do not reduce neophobia in these species. Further studies investigating whether comparable response patters are found throughout different stages of colonization, and along synurbanization processes of different duration, will help illuminate the dynamics of animals’ cognitive adjustments to urban life. Dataset Microtus arvalis Unknown |
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Evolutionary Biology Ecology Invasive Species Ecology Landscape Ecology Conservation and Biodiversity Behavioural Ecology Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) Ecological Physiology Freshwater Ecology Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) Population Ecology Terrestrial Ecology animal cognition anthropogenic environment HIREC novelty neophobia neophilia rodents urbanization |
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Evolutionary Biology Ecology Invasive Species Ecology Landscape Ecology Conservation and Biodiversity Behavioural Ecology Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) Ecological Physiology Freshwater Ecology Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) Population Ecology Terrestrial Ecology animal cognition anthropogenic environment HIREC novelty neophobia neophilia rodents urbanization Valeria Mazza (11616130) Inken Czyperreck (11616133) Jana A. Eccard (8154516) Melanie Dammhahn (3272673) Data_Sheet_2_Cross-Context Responses to Novelty in Rural and Urban Small Mammals.PDF |
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Evolutionary Biology Ecology Invasive Species Ecology Landscape Ecology Conservation and Biodiversity Behavioural Ecology Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) Ecological Physiology Freshwater Ecology Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) Population Ecology Terrestrial Ecology animal cognition anthropogenic environment HIREC novelty neophobia neophilia rodents urbanization |
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The Anthropocene is the era of urbanization. The accelerating expansion of cities occurs at the expense of natural reservoirs of biodiversity and presents animals with challenges for which their evolutionary past might not have prepared them. Cognitive and behavioral adjustments to novelty could promote animals’ persistence under these altered conditions. We investigated the structure of, and covariance between, different aspects of responses to novelty in rural and urban small mammals of two non-commensal rodent species. We ran replicated experiments testing responses to three novelty types (object, food, or space) of 47 individual common voles (Microtus arvalis) and 41 individual striped field mice (Apodemus agrarius). We found partial support for the hypothesis that responses to novelty are structured, clustering (i) speed of responses, (ii) intensity of responses, and (iii) responses to food into separate dimensions. Rural and urban small mammals did not differ in most responses to novelty, suggesting that urban habitats do not reduce neophobia in these species. Further studies investigating whether comparable response patters are found throughout different stages of colonization, and along synurbanization processes of different duration, will help illuminate the dynamics of animals’ cognitive adjustments to urban life. |
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Valeria Mazza (11616130) Inken Czyperreck (11616133) Jana A. Eccard (8154516) Melanie Dammhahn (3272673) |
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Valeria Mazza (11616130) Inken Czyperreck (11616133) Jana A. Eccard (8154516) Melanie Dammhahn (3272673) |
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