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dc.contributor.authorDescovich, Kristinen_UK
dc.contributor.authorLisle, Allanen_UK
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Stephenen_UK
dc.contributor.authorNicolson, Vereen_UK
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Cliveen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-23T23:14:57Z-
dc.date.available2014-04-23T23:14:57Z-
dc.date.issued2012-04en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/19871-
dc.description.abstractThe southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) appears to use scent marking, including defaecation, for social communication in the wild. This premise assumes that the receiver wombat is able to distinguish between faeces from different sources. To examine this theory, four types of faeces (male wombat, female wombat, dingo and a plastic control) were placed into the enclosures of 12 captive wombats. Behaviour, inter-individual distance and enclosure use were recorded during the period of placement, as well as the period before and the period after. When faeces were present, the wombats used concealed locations more often than other periods (mean %: pre-treatment: 71.3, treatment: 75.6, post-treatment: 72.7; P < 0.05). During the same period they also reduced grazing (mean min/period: pre- treatment: 15.8, treatment: 6.9, post- treatment: 13.1; P = 0.0002) and walking 2 activity (mean min/period: pre- treatment: 85.2, treatment: 66.9, post- treatment: 78.2; P = 0.01), indicating an increased perception of risk. Wombats approached the dingo faeces 5.6 times per treatment period, which was greater than for the control (3.0; P = 0.004) or female wombat faeces (3.7; P = 0.049). They also avoided other wombats most when male wombat faeces were present (8.3 retreats/period) compared to the control (4.5; P = 0.02), or female wombat (4.3; P = 0.01). There was a residual effect of increased wombat avoidance the period after presentation of dingo faeces (9.6; P ≤ 0.05). It is concluded that the southern hairy-nosed wombat can differentiate between faeces from different species and sex of conspecifics, and that predator faeces and those from male conspecifics increase wombat avoidance behaviour either during or after presentation.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.relationDescovich K, Lisle A, Johnston S, Nicolson V & Phillips C (2012) Differential responses of captive southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons) to the presence of faeces from different species and male and female conspecifics. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 138 (1-2), pp. 110-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2012.01.017en_UK
dc.rightsPublished in Applied Animal Behaviour Science by Elsevier; Elsevier believes that individual authors should be able to distribute their accepted author manuscripts for their personal voluntary needs and interests, e.g. posting to their websites or their institution’s repository, e-mailing to colleagues. The Elsevier Policy is as follows: Authors retain the right to use the accepted author manuscript for personal use, internal institutional use and for permitted scholarly posting provided that these are not for purposes of commercial use or systematic distribution. An "accepted author manuscript" is the author’s version of the manuscript of an article that has been accepted for publication and which may include any author-incorporated changes suggested through the processes of submission processing, peer review, and editor-author communications.en_UK
dc.subjectWombat, olfactory, faeces, scent, captivity, communication, zoo, captivity, welfare, behaviour, groupen_UK
dc.titleDifferential responses of captive southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons) to the presence of faeces from different species and male and female conspecificsen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.applanim.2012.01.017en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleApplied Animal Behaviour Scienceen_UK
dc.citation.issn0168-1591en_UK
dc.citation.volume138en_UK
dc.citation.issue1-2en_UK
dc.citation.spage110en_UK
dc.citation.epage117en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusAM - Accepted Manuscripten_UK
dc.author.emailkristin.descovich@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Queenslanden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Queenslanden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationDreamworld Theme Parken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Queenslanden_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000303287400012en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84857216430en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid668531en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2012-04-30en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2014-04-22en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionAMen_UK
local.rioxx.authorDescovich, Kristin|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorLisle, Allan|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorJohnston, Stephen|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorNicolson, Vere|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorPhillips, Clive|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2014-04-22en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved|2014-04-22|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameDescovich_Olfactory_PrePub.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
local.rioxx.source0168-1591en_UK
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