@article{SchneebergerEccard2021,
  author    = {Schneeberger, Karin and Eccard, Jana},
  title     = {Experience of social density during early life is associated with attraction to conspecific odour in the common vole (Microtus arvalis)},
  series = {Ethology : international journal of behavioural biology},
  volume    = {127},
  journal   = {Ethology : international journal of behavioural biology},
  number    = {10},
  publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {0179-1613},
  doi       = {10.1111/eth.13211},
  pages     = {908 -- 913},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Social organisation in species with fluctuating population sizes can change with density. Therefore, information on (future) density obtained during early life stages may be associated with social behaviour. Olfactory cues may carry important social information. We investigated whether early life experience of different experimental densities was subsequently associated with differences in attraction to adult conspecific odours. We used common voles (Microtus arvalis), a rodent species undergoing extreme density fluctuations. We found that individuals originating from high experimental density populations kept in large outdoor enclosures invested more time in inspecting conspecific olfactory cues than individuals from low-density populations. Generally, voles from both treatments spent more time with the olfactory cues than expected by chance and did not differ in their latency to approach the odour samples. Our findings indicate either that early experience affects odour sensitivity or that animals evaluate the social information contained in conspecific odours differently, depending on their early life experience of conspecific density.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MazzaCzyperreckEccardetal.2021,
  author    = {Mazza, Valeria and Czyperreck, Inken and Eccard, Jana and Dammhahn, Melanie},
  title     = {Cross-Context Responses to Novelty in Rural and Urban Small Mammals},
  series = {Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution},
  publisher = {Frontiers Media},
  address   = {Lausanne},
  issn      = {2296-701X},
  doi       = {10.3389/fevo.2021.661971},
  pages     = {16},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {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.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{MazzaCzyperreckEccardetal.2021,
  author    = {Mazza, Valeria and Czyperreck, Inken and Eccard, Jana and Dammhahn, Melanie},
  title     = {Cross-Context Responses to Novelty in Rural and Urban Small Mammals},
  series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  journal   = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  issn      = {1866-8372},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-54386},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-543863},
  pages     = {18},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {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.},
  language  = {en}
}