Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents: ten essential questions we still need to solve
- H. Andreassen, J. Sundell, H. Ylönen
- 28 December 2020
Environmental Science, Biology
Oecologia
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.
Behavioral Responses of CD-1 Mice to Six Predator Odor Components.
- Thorbjörn Sievert, M. Laska
- 18 February 2016
Biology, Psychology
Chemical Sensors
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.
Secondhand horror: effects of direct and indirect predator cues on behavior and reproduction of the bank vole
- Thorbjörn Sievert, M. Haapakoski, R. Palme, Helinä Voipio, H. Ylönen
- 1 June 2019
Psychology, Environmental Science
Ecosphere
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.
Voles and weasels in the boreal Fennoscandian small mammal community: what happens if the least weasel disappears due to climate change?
- H. Ylönen, M. Haapakoski, Thorbjörn Sievert, J. Sundell
- 1 July 2019
Environmental Science
Integrative Zoology
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.
In utero behavioral imprinting to predation risk in pups of the bank vole
- Thorbjörn Sievert, Arjane Kerkhoven, M. Haapakoski, K. Matson, Olga Ylönen, H. Ylönen
- 8 January 2020
Psychology, Biology
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
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.
Bank vole alarm pheromone chemistry and effects in the field
- Thorbjörn Sievert, H. Ylönen, M. Haapakoski
- 25 June 2021
Biology
Oecologia
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.
Pre- and Postnatal Predator Cues Shape Offspring Anti-predatory Behavior Similarly in the Bank Vole
- Thorbjörn Sievert, Kerstin Bouma, M. Haapakoski, K. Matson, H. Ylönen
- 14 December 2021
Psychology, Biology
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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.
Indirect and Transgenerational Effects of Predation Risk: Predator Odour and Alarm Pheromones in the Bank Vole
- Thorbjörn Sievert
- 2020
Environmental Science
In utero behavioral imprinting to predation risk in pups of the bank vole
- Thorbjörn Sievert, Arjane Kerkhoven, M. Haapakoski, K. Matson, Olga Ylönen, H. Ylönen
- 8 January 2020
Psychology, Biology
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
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.
Correction to: Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents: ten essential questions we still need to solve
- H. Andreassen, J. Sundell, H. Ylönen
- 30 January 2021
Medicine
Oecologia
Authors would like to correct error in affiliation in the original publication of the article.
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