Effects of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) on olfactory communication of Pallas’s cats (Otocolobus manul) in the Altai Mountains, Mongolia

Allen, Maximilian L. (avtor), Rovero, Francesco (avtor), Oberosler, Valentina (avtor), Augugliaro, Claudio (avtor), Krofel, Miha (avtor)

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.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: behaviour, camera trap, Mongolia, Otocolobus manul, Panthera uncia, scent marking
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: BF - Biotehniška fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Datum objave: 01.01.2023
• Leto izida: 2023
• Št. strani: Str. 807–815
• Številčenje: Vol. 160, iss. 8/9
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-148202
• UDK: 630*15
• ISSN pri članku: 1568-539X
• DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-bja10229
• COBISS.SI-ID: 160273667
• Datum objave v RUL: 01.08.2023

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Behaviour
• Založnik: Brill
• ISSN: 1568-539X
• COBISS.SI-ID: 520697113

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: foto past, Mongolija, manul, snežni leopard, markiranje

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P4-0059-2020
• Naslov: Gozd, gozdarstvo in obnovljivi gozdni viri

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: N1-0163-2020
• Naslov: Vpogled v medvrstne in znotrajvrstne interakcije med prostoživečimi mačkami v Evropi in Afriki