García-Brull P D, Núñez J, Núñez A
Unidad Docente de Fisiología Animal, Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Celular y Parasitología, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Behav Processes. 1993 Apr;29(1-2):25-36. doi: 10.1016/0376-6357(93)90025-M.
The majority of works found in the literature mention odours as an important factor in the development of social lines and the unleashing of aggressive behaviour, but very few authors have studied more deeply the role that these odours play, how they influence behaviour and what importance the variations of these marks of identity may have. In the present work we analyse social relations presented by laboratory rats (Rattus norvegicus, Wistar breed) in seminatural conditions, with special reference to behaviours of dominance, territorialism and aggressiveness, and the importance that these marks of odour play on these behaviours. For this purpose, different individuals (from the established colonies as well as intruders, both males and females and pups) were impregnated with the urine of other individuals and then observed to see whether differences existed in the aggressive behaviour shown towards the intruders by the alpha male of the colony.
文献中发现的大多数作品都提到气味是社会界限形成和攻击行为爆发的一个重要因素，但很少有作者更深入地研究这些气味所起的作用、它们如何影响行为以及这些身份标志的变化可能具有何种重要性。在本研究中，我们分析了实验室大鼠（褐家鼠，Wistar品系）在半自然条件下呈现的社会关系，特别关注支配行为、领地行为和攻击行为，以及这些气味标志对这些行为的重要性。为此，将不同个体（来自既定群体以及入侵者，包括雄性、雌性和幼崽）用其他个体的尿液进行处理，然后观察群体中的优势雄性对入侵者表现出的攻击行为是否存在差异。
