Rodents

Rodents

Future studies, however, will make progress by running across study sites and geographic regions to test functional hypotheses of baboon social evolution. As a case in point, one of the most prominent behavioural differences between baboon allotaxa lies in the occurrence of coalitionary behaviour among unrelated, reproductively competing males: this is a problem of real substance, because this ...

Hantavirus in Thai Rodents

A serological survey has been carried out to detect evidence of hantavirus infection in rodents from two provinces of Thailand. This study aimed to examine virus antibody in 354 rodents trapped among 6 different villages of Nakhon Pathom Province (February-March, 1998) and in 326 rodents trapped among 14 villages of Nakhon Ratchasima Province (August-October, 1998). Seroprevalence among rodents...

Fear extinction in rodents.

Pavlovian conditioning paradigms have become important model systems for understanding the neuroscience of behavior. In particular, studies of the extinction of Pavlovian fear responses are yielding important information about the neural substrates of anxiety disorders, such as phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in humans. These studies are germane to understanding the neural mec...

Rethinking Omnivory in Rodents

The diets of animals reflect their evolutionary adaptations and ecological roles. Mammals have been studied intensively, but the criteria used to define diet classes are inconsistent. Although all rodents share a conserved suite of features that form a mechanical complex for gnawing, they are very diverse ecologically. Classifications of rodent diets condense data on stomach or cheekpouch conte...

Pest Control: Rodents