20.500.12556/RUL-148202 Effects of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) on olfactory communication of Pallas’s cats (Otocolobus manul) in the Altai Mountains, Mongolia Olfactory communication is important for many solitary carnivores to delineate territories and communicate with potential mates and competitors. Pallas’s cats (Otocolobus manul) are small felids with little published research on their ecology and behaviour, including if they avoid or change behaviours due to dominant carnivores. We studied their olfactory communication and visitation at scent-marking sites using camera traps in two study areas in Mongolia. We documented four types of olfactory communication behaviours, and olfaction (sniffing) was the most frequent. Pallas’s cats used olfactory communication most frequently at sites that were not visited by snow leopards (Panthera uncia) and when they used communal scent-marking sites, they were more likely to use olfactory communication when a longer time had elapsed since the last visit by a snow leopard. This suggests that Pallas’s cats may reduce advertising their presence in response to occurrence of snow leopards, possibly to limit predation risk. behaviour camera trap Mongolia Otocolobus manul Panthera uncia scent marking foto past Mongolija manul snežni leopard markiranje true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2023-08-01 10:44:25 2023-08-01 10:44:31 2024-01-25 11:28:11 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 Str. 807–815 iss. 8/9 Vol. 160 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2023-01-01 630*15 1568-539X 10.1163/1568539X-bja10229 160273667 https://brill.com/view/journals/beh/aop/article-10.1163-1568539X-bja10229/article-10.1163-1568539X-bja10229.xml 1 c0fbd7ff-3047-11ee-aeaf-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=172208 RAZ_Allen_Maximilian_L._2023.pdf RAZ_Allen_Maximilian_L._2023.pdf 1 AAM C414EAD15C182E77BE133CAAE6BB3B4E 11558ea91bdd8c8e1b2b5b067e930e5cbf76aeac33b9a6f35c9f03fe4eb4450a eddb6ddf-3048-11ee-aeaf-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=172209 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0