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Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents: ten essential questions we still need to solve

This overview focuses on the most important issues that are essential for understanding the generality of small rodent population dynamics and highlights ten questions directly related to the various characteristics of relevant populations and ecosystems that still need to be answered.
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Behavioral Responses of CD-1 Mice to Six Predator Odor Components.

It is concluded that sulfur-containing volatiles identified as characteristic components of the urine, feces, and anal gland secretions of mammalian predators can be, but are not necessarily sufficient to elicit defensive behaviors in a mammalian prey species.
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Secondhand horror: effects of direct and indirect predator cues on behavior and reproduction of the bank vole

The study provides two novel ideas, first, the impact of a predator can be socially transmitted, and second, predation risk likely triggers terminal investment in reproduction.
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Voles and weasels in the boreal Fennoscandian small mammal community: what happens if the least weasel disappears due to climate change?

The arms race between prey voles and weasels through the multiannual density fluctuation is reviewed, affected by climate change, and especially the changes in the duration and stability of snow cover.
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In utero behavioral imprinting to predation risk in pups of the bank vole

The results indicate that cross-generational effects are very context-dependent; i.e., they differ significantly depending on which scent cue is presented in the open-field arena, and the need for better tools or measurements to translate laboratory results into ecologically meaningful frameworks is shown.
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Bank vole alarm pheromone chemistry and effects in the field

The chemistry of alarm pheromones (AP) in the bank vole is identified and the ecological role of AP and chemical communication in mammals is enhanced, and the chemistry of alarming body odour compounds in mammals are clarified.
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Pre- and Postnatal Predator Cues Shape Offspring Anti-predatory Behavior Similarly in the Bank Vole

In rodents, offspring growth and behavior are seemingly influenced differently by the type of predation risk perceived by their mothers, and this investigation investigated how timing of exposure to predation-related cues during early development affects offspring behavior after weaning.
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Indirect and Transgenerational Effects of Predation Risk: Predator Odour and Alarm Pheromones in the Bank Vole

In utero behavioral imprinting to predation risk in pups of the bank vole

The results indicate that cross-generational effects are very context-dependent; i.e., they differ significantly depending on which scent cue is presented in the open-field arena, and shows the need for better tools or measurements to translate laboratory results into ecologically meaningful frameworks.
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Correction to: Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents: ten essential questions we still need to solve

Authors would like to correct error in affiliation in the original publication of the article.
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