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Smearing behaviour of male Leptonycteris curasoae (Chiroptera) and female responses to the odour of dorsal patches

Smearing behaviour of male Leptonycteris curasoae (Chiroptera) and female responses to the odour... Smearing behaviour of male Leptonycteris curasoae (Chiroptera) and female responses to the odour of dorsal patches Mariana Muñoz-Romo 1,3) , Juan F. Burgos 2) & Thomas H. Kunz 1) ( 1 Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA; 2 Departamento de Diseño Gráfico, Facultad de Arte, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela) (Accepted: 23 February 2011) Summary Female mammals are often attracted to the odours of specific males to gain information about the quality of their potential mates. Because chemical signals are readily affected by parasites and diseases, female choice should involve recognition and avoidance of parasitized males. Males of the long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris curasoae , develop a dorsal patch during the mating season that is mainly comprised of a mixture of body fluids that is transferred to the interscapular region, herein described as ‘smearing behaviour’. We have shown that males with dorsal patches have low or no ectoparasite infestations, whereas males without dorsal patches show high ectoparasite loads. We analyzed the ‘smearing behaviour’ of males of L. curasoae to identify behavioural patterns, and tested the hypotheses that: (1) males of L. curasoae attract females by odour from their dorsal http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behaviour Brill

Smearing behaviour of male Leptonycteris curasoae (Chiroptera) and female responses to the odour of dorsal patches

Kunz, Thomas; Burgos, Juan; Muñoz-Romo, Mariana
Behaviour , Volume 148 (4): 461 – Jan 1, 2011
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Brill
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© 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0005-7959
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1568-539X
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10.1163/000579511X564287
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Smearing behaviour of male Leptonycteris curasoae (Chiroptera) and female responses to the odour of dorsal patches Mariana Muñoz-Romo 1,3) , Juan F. Burgos 2) & Thomas H. Kunz 1) ( 1 Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA; 2 Departamento de Diseño Gráfico, Facultad de Arte, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela) (Accepted: 23 February 2011) Summary Female mammals are often attracted to the odours of specific males to gain information about the quality of their potential mates. Because chemical signals are readily affected by parasites and diseases, female choice should involve recognition and avoidance of parasitized males. Males of the long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris curasoae , develop a dorsal patch during the mating season that is mainly comprised of a mixture of body fluids that is transferred to the interscapular region, herein described as ‘smearing behaviour’. We have shown that males with dorsal patches have low or no ectoparasite infestations, whereas males without dorsal patches show high ectoparasite loads. We analyzed the ‘smearing behaviour’ of males of L. curasoae to identify behavioural patterns, and tested the hypotheses that: (1) males of L. curasoae attract females by odour from their dorsal

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Behaviour – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2011

Keywords: ATTRACTION; ODOUR CUES; MATE-CHOICE; BATS; PARASITES

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