Gerbil scent marking

Fig. 7.10 Vomeronasalectomy effects on chemocommunication. (a) Inhibitory effect of VN-x on urine-induction of scent marking in male Gerbils frequency/5 min (from Probst, 1990).

Probst B. (1990). Female urinary chemosignals stimulate scent marking behaviour in male Mongolian Gerbils. In Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 5 (MacDonald D., Muller-Schwarze D. and Natynczuk S.E., eds.). University Press, Oxford, pp. 213-216. 

Thiesen D., Regnier F., Rice M., Goodwin M., et al. (1974). Identification of a ventral scent marking pheromone in the male Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). Science 184, 83-85. 

Ulibarri C. and Yahr R (1996). Effects of androgens and estrogens on sexual differentiation of sex behavior, scent marking and the sexually dimorphic area of the gerbil hypothalamus. Horn Behav 30, 107-130. 

Hormone implants can be used for long-term stimulation or suppression of odor production. Scent marking is stimulated by testosterone in gerbils and wolves (Asa etal., 1990). 

Idris, M. and Prakash, I. (1987). Scent marking activity in the Indian gerbil, Tatera indica, in relation to population density. AnimalBehaviourSS, 920-941. 

Prakash, J. and Idris, M. (1982). Scent marking by the female of the Indian gerbil, Tatera indica, from two distinct desert habitats during oestrus. Indian Journal ofExperimental Biology 20,915-916. 

Probst, B. and Lorenz, M. (1987). Increased scent marking in male Mongolian gerbils by urinaiy polypeptides of female conspecifics. Journal ofChemicalEcobgy 13,851-862. 

Social and Hormonal Influences on Scent Marking in Gerbils and Hamsters... 

Clark, M.M. Galef, B.G. 1994. A male gerbil s intrauterine position affects female response to his scent marks. Physiol Behav., 55, 1137-1139. 

Daly, M., 1977, Some experimental tests of the functional significance of scent marking by gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus), J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol., 91 1082. 

Thiessen, D. D., Blum, S. L., and Lindzey, G., 1969, A scent marking response associated with the ventral sebaceous gland of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), Anim. Behav., 18 26. 

F.E. Regnier, M. Rice, M. Goodwin, N. Isaacks, and N. Lawson Identification of a Ventral Scent Marking Pheromone in the Male Mongolian Gerbil Meriones unguiculatus). Science 184, 83-85 (1974). 

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