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Environmental influences on flank marking and urine marking by female and male rats (Rattus norvegicus).
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Peden, Blaine |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Abstract | Sprague-Dawley rats (Rattus norvegicus) were observed in a familiar environment. In Experiment 1 a leader entered a clean chamber, and an opposite-sex follower entered the chamber next. Both sexes began to flank mark after several sessions. Males flank marked more, and females locomoted more, but both sexes urine marked and investigated objects equally often. Leaders and followers did not differ on any measure. In Experiment 2 we measured floor marks more precisely and manipulated the number of objects and the presence of scent marks. Flank marking was more frequent in the presence of conspecific urine but did not vary with the number of objects or the sex of the rats. More objects elicited more investigating and urine marking and produced fewer floor marks but increased the number of marks in the central area in relation to the periphery. The results indicate that rats' flank marking is behaviorally distinct from urine marking and differentially affected by environmental variables. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.indiana.edu/~bsl/Papers%20from%20lab/Peden_1990.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 2364657v1 |
| Volume Number | 104 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of comparative psychology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Flank (surface region) Physical object Physiological Sexual Disorders Rattus norvegicus |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
