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Signal Interchange During Mating in the Wood Mouse (Apodemus Sylvaticus): The Concept of Active and Passive Signalling

Signal Interchange During Mating in the Wood Mouse (Apodemus Sylvaticus): The Concept of Active... SIGNAL INTERCHANGE DURING MATING IN THE WOOD MOUSE (APODEMUS SYLVATICUS): THE CONCEPT OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SIGNALLING by P. STOPKA l ) and D.W. MACDONALD 2 ) (Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OXI 3PS, UK) (Acc.4-XI-1997) Summary Signalling may provide a means for the coordination and pacing of matings in mammals. To test this hypothesis in the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus), two experiments were conducted. In the first experiment, which was designed to quantify, and explore the influ- ences upon wood mouse oestrus, oestrus in the females caged singly, was relatively short (one day) and the oestrous cycle relatively long (up to 9 days). Further, in the presence of another two females in the same cage, the length of oestrus was slightly suppressed . . However, prolongation of oestrus and curtailment of the oestrous cycle were typical for females caged with males from which they were separated by wire mesh. The main influ- ence on the length of wood mice oestrus was the presence of alternating-unfamiliar males. The signals responsible for the modulation of oestrus and oestrus cycle are called passive signals. This is because they are unintentional and strongly http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behaviour Brill

Signal Interchange During Mating in the Wood Mouse (Apodemus Sylvaticus): The Concept of Active and Passive Signalling

Stopka,; Macdonald,
Behaviour , Volume 135 (2): 19 – Jan 1, 1998
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SIGNAL INTERCHANGE DURING MATING IN THE WOOD MOUSE (APODEMUS SYLVATICUS): THE CONCEPT OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SIGNALLING by P. STOPKA l ) and D.W. MACDONALD 2 ) (Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OXI 3PS, UK) (Acc.4-XI-1997) Summary Signalling may provide a means for the coordination and pacing of matings in mammals. To test this hypothesis in the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus), two experiments were conducted. In the first experiment, which was designed to quantify, and explore the influ- ences upon wood mouse oestrus, oestrus in the females caged singly, was relatively short (one day) and the oestrous cycle relatively long (up to 9 days). Further, in the presence of another two females in the same cage, the length of oestrus was slightly suppressed . . However, prolongation of oestrus and curtailment of the oestrous cycle were typical for females caged with males from which they were separated by wire mesh. The main influ- ence on the length of wood mice oestrus was the presence of alternating-unfamiliar males. The signals responsible for the modulation of oestrus and oestrus cycle are called passive signals. This is because they are unintentional and strongly

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