Semiochemicals and Social Signaling in the Wild European Rabbit in Australia: I. Scent Profiles of Chin Gland Secretion from the Field

R Andrew Hayes; B J Richardson; S G Wyllie

doi:10.1023/A:1017942426467

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Semiochemicals and Social Signaling in the Wild European Rabbit in Australia: I. Scent Profiles of Chin Gland Secretion from the Field

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Semiochemicals and Social Signaling in the Wild European Rabbit in Australia: I. Scent Profiles of Chin Gland Secretion from the Field

R Andrew Hayes, B J Richardson and S G Wyllie

Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol.28(2), pp.347-368

2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017942426467

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Chemical Sciences

Biological Sciences

Environmental Sciences

rabbit

olfactory communication

gas chromatography

glandular secretion

Oryctolagus cuniculus

The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) uses the secretion of the chin gland in the maintenance of social status. Previous work has concentrated on secretion collected directly from the animal. In this study, the analysis was conducted by collecting scent marks made by free-ranging animals. Scent marks were found to be concentrated at the center of the area controlled by a social group, and at the boundaries between two adjacent social groups. Only the mark from dominant animals could be identified. Marks were also collected from the skin of rabbits, where they had been placed by the dominant individual. The mark found on the head of a subordinate animal may, in the future, be used to identify the dominant animal of the social group, who placed the mark.

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Title: Semiochemicals and Social Signaling in the Wild European Rabbit in Australia: I. Scent Profiles of Chin Gland Secretion from the Field
Authors: R Andrew Hayes (Author) - University of Western Sydney
B J Richardson (Author) - University of Western Sydney
S G Wyllie (Author) - University of Western Sydney
Publication details: Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol.28(2), pp.347-368
Publisher: Springer New York LLC
Date published: 2002
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017942426467
ISSN: 0098-0331
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449167302621
Output Type: Journal article

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