Cross-Context Responses to Novelty in Rural and Urban Small Mammals
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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ftubpotsdam:oai:kobv.de-opus4-uni-potsdam:54385 2023-06-11T04:14:02+02:00 Cross-Context Responses to Novelty in Rural and Urban Small Mammals Mazza, Valeria (Dr.) Czyperreck, Inken Eccard, Jana A. (Prof. Dr.) Dammhahn, Melanie (Dr.) 2021-01-31 https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/54385 https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.661971 eng eng https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/54385 https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.661971 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess ddc:570 Institut für Biochemie und Biologie article doc-type:article 2021 ftubpotsdam https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.661971 2023-04-23T22:33:22Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Microtus arvalis University of Potsdam: publish.UP Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9 |
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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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Mazza, Valeria (Dr.) Czyperreck, Inken Eccard, Jana A. (Prof. Dr.) Dammhahn, Melanie (Dr.) |
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Mazza, Valeria (Dr.) Czyperreck, Inken Eccard, Jana A. (Prof. Dr.) Dammhahn, Melanie (Dr.) |
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Cross-Context Responses to Novelty in Rural and Urban Small Mammals |
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Cross-Context Responses to Novelty in Rural and Urban Small Mammals |
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Cross-Context Responses to Novelty in Rural and Urban Small Mammals |
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Cross-Context Responses to Novelty in Rural and Urban Small Mammals |
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Cross-Context Responses to Novelty in Rural and Urban Small Mammals |
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cross-context responses to novelty in rural and urban small mammals |
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