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ArticleScientific reports2018

Single compounds elicit complex behavioural responses in wild, free-ranging rats.

Michael D Jackson, Robert A Keyzers, Wayne L Linklater

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Rodent responses to volatile compounds provide insights into the function of floral scent in mammal-pollinated plants.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022
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  3. The Urban River Syndrome: Achieving Sustainability Against a Backdrop of Accelerating Change.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Michael D JacksonCentre for Biodiversity & Restoration Ecology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. michael.jackson@vuw.ac.nz.ORCID 0000-0003-2295-1029
Robert A KeyzersCentre for Biodiversity & Restoration Ecology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-7658-7421
Wayne L LinklaterCentre for Biodiversity & Restoration Ecology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-2627-693X

Funding

Faculty of Science, Victoria University of Wellington (Faculty of Science, VUW) Victoria Doctoral Scholarship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is mounting evidence that single compounds can act as signals and cues for mammals and that when presented at their optimal concentration they can elicit behavioural responses that replicate those recorded for complex mixtures like gland secretions and foods. We designed a rapid bioassay to present nine compounds that we had previously identified in foods, each at seven different concentrations (63 treatments), to wild, free-ranging rats and scored each treatment for attraction and three behavioural responses. Nine treatments (taken from five compounds) statistically outperformed the current standard rat attractant, peanut butter. Attraction to treatments was highest at the two lowest concentrations (0.1 and 0.01 μg g

Indexed as

AcetatesAcetic AcidAcetoinAnimalsAnimals, WildBehavior, AnimalBiological AssayHexanolsMammalsNew ZealandPentanolsPheromonesRatsSmell1-hexanolAcetatesAcetic AcidAcetoinHexanolsisobutyl acetateisopentyl alcoholPentanolsPheromones

Identifiers

PMID30135461
PMCPMC6105672

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