Scent marking by male caribou: an experimental test of rubbing behavior
We studied scent marking by adult male caribou (Rangifer tarandus) during rut in September 1998 at the Large Animal Research Station in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. We used an experimental approach involving two captive groups of two males each to test for effects of social status, tree size, texture, an...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/1524 2023-05-15T15:53:24+02:00 Scent marking by male caribou: an experimental test of rubbing behavior Adams, Craig A. Bowyer, R. Terry Rowell, Jan E. Hauer, William E. Jenks, Jonathan A. 2001-03-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1524 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.21.1.1524 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1524/1430 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1524 doi:10.7557/2.21.1.1524 Copyright (c) 2015 Craig A. Adams, R. Terry Bowyer, Jan E. Rowell, William E. Hauer, Jonathan A. Jenks http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Årg 21 Nr 1 (2001); 21-27 Rangifer; Vol 21 No 1 (2001); 21-27 1890-6729 experiment behaviour caribou dominance Rangifer tarandus rubbing rut scent marking info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2001 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.21.1.1524 2021-08-16T14:59:38Z We studied scent marking by adult male caribou (Rangifer tarandus) during rut in September 1998 at the Large Animal Research Station in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. We used an experimental approach involving two captive groups of two males each to test for effects of social status, tree size, texture, and scent on rubbing behavior by caribou. Dominant males did not rub more often or for a longer duration than subordinates. Caribou rubbed trees with smaller diameters more often than large-diameter trees. Males preferred trees with bark for rubbing to those trees with their bark removed prior to the experiment. Caribou exhibited no preference for posts with pine-oil applied compared with posts without that aromatic scent. We hypothesize that rubbing of trees by male caribou is related to synchronization or priming of estrus in females, but more research is needed to test that potential function of scent marking. Article in Journal/Newspaper caribou Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Alaska University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Fairbanks Rangifer 21 1 21 |
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We studied scent marking by adult male caribou (Rangifer tarandus) during rut in September 1998 at the Large Animal Research Station in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. We used an experimental approach involving two captive groups of two males each to test for effects of social status, tree size, texture, and scent on rubbing behavior by caribou. Dominant males did not rub more often or for a longer duration than subordinates. Caribou rubbed trees with smaller diameters more often than large-diameter trees. Males preferred trees with bark for rubbing to those trees with their bark removed prior to the experiment. Caribou exhibited no preference for posts with pine-oil applied compared with posts without that aromatic scent. We hypothesize that rubbing of trees by male caribou is related to synchronization or priming of estrus in females, but more research is needed to test that potential function of scent marking. |
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Adams, Craig A. Bowyer, R. Terry Rowell, Jan E. Hauer, William E. Jenks, Jonathan A. |
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Adams, Craig A. Bowyer, R. Terry Rowell, Jan E. Hauer, William E. Jenks, Jonathan A. |
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Scent marking by male caribou: an experimental test of rubbing behavior |
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Scent marking by male caribou: an experimental test of rubbing behavior |
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Scent marking by male caribou: an experimental test of rubbing behavior |
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Scent marking by male caribou: an experimental test of rubbing behavior |
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Scent marking by male caribou: an experimental test of rubbing behavior |
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scent marking by male caribou: an experimental test of rubbing behavior |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing |
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Rangifer; Årg 21 Nr 1 (2001); 21-27 Rangifer; Vol 21 No 1 (2001); 21-27 1890-6729 |
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https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1524/1430 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1524 doi:10.7557/2.21.1.1524 |
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Copyright (c) 2015 Craig A. Adams, R. Terry Bowyer, Jan E. Rowell, William E. Hauer, Jonathan A. Jenks http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
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