Foraging, feeding, and physiological stress responses of wild wood mice to increased illumination and common genet cues.

In nature, animals are exposed to a broad range of threats imposed by predators, which may strongly influence the ecology of prey species directly or indirectly by affecting their behavior via fear of predation. Here, we studied wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus behavioral and physiological responses to simulated predation risk. Risk avoidance was analyzed by live trapping with control traps and traps treated with feces of common genet Genetta genetta (direct cue of risk) under new moon nights and following by simulated full moon conditions (indirect cue). The time devoted to foraging behavior and capture time were analyzed by video recording mice activity around traps. Food intake was calculated based on the amount of bait remaining in each trap. Fecal corticosterone metabolites (FCMs) were measured by enzyme-immunoassay as indicators of physiological stress responses. Fewer wood mice were …

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Navarro-Castilla A. Barja I. y Díaz M. Foraging feeding and physiological stress responses of wild wood mice to increased illumination and common genet cues. Oxford University Press, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zox048

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Date of creation 2025-05-23
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