J 2014

The meek inherit the earth: less aggressive wild mice are more successful in challenging situations

HIADLOVSKÁ, Zuzana, Miloš MACHOLÁN, Ondřej MIKULA a Barbora VOŠLAJEROVÁ BÍMOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

The meek inherit the earth: less aggressive wild mice are more successful in challenging situations

Autoři

HIADLOVSKÁ, Zuzana (703 Slovensko, domácí), Miloš MACHOLÁN (203 Česká republika, domácí), Ondřej MIKULA (203 Česká republika) a Barbora VOŠLAJEROVÁ BÍMOVÁ (203 Česká republika)

Vydání

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Academic Press, 2014, 0024-4066

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.264

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/14:00094018

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000340585700024

Klíčová slova anglicky

behavioural strategies; dispersal; house mouse; Morris water task; Mus musculus domesticus; Mus musculus musculus; stress

Štítky

Změněno: 13. 3. 2018 13:48, Mgr. Lucie Jarošová, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

Numerous studies have shown an association between aggressiveness and several other behavioural traits. For example, more aggressive animals were bold and active explorers tending to form persistent routines whereas less aggressive animals were shy, careful but more flexible. While the former are thought to be more successful under stable conditions the latter should have advantages in more dynamic situations. These differences can apply not only to individuals but also to populations, species or groups of species with important implications to species distributions and speciation rates. Here we utilized the Morris water task (MWT) to investigate how two subspecies, Mus musculus musculus and M. m. domesticus, known to differ in aggressiveness, cope with stressful situations. We found that less aggressive musculus males performed significantly better in solving the MWT than more aggressive domesticus males. This suggests that M. m. musculus is more flexible and could be more successful under stressful and/or dynamic situations typical of dispersal bouts. It seems plausible that this difference may have had an influence on the secondary contact between musculus and domesticus populations in the past and perhaps still can affect the dynamics of the European hybrid zone between the subspecies. (C) 2014 The Linnean Society of London,