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Price CJ, Banks PB, Brown S, Latham MC, Latham ADM, Pech RP, Norbury GL. Invasive mammalian predators habituate to and generalize avian prey cues: a mechanism for conserving native prey. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2020; 30:e02200. [PMID: 32573866 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Invasive mammalian predators can cause the decline and extinction of vulnerable native species. Many invasive mammalian predators are dietary generalists that hunt a variety of prey. These predators often rely upon olfaction when foraging, particularly at night. Little is understood about how prey odor cues are used to inform foraging decisions. Prey cues can vary spatially and temporally in their association with prey and can either reveal the location of prey or lead to unsuccessful foraging. Here we examine how two wild-caught invasive mammalian bird predator species (European hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus and ferrets Mustela putorius furo) respond to unrewarded bird odors over successive exposures, first demonstrating that the odors are perceptually different using house mice (Mus musculus) as a biological olfactometer. We aim to test if introduced predators categorize odor cues of similar prey together, a tactic that could increase foraging efficiency. We exposed house mice to the odors using a standard habituation/dishabituation test in a laboratory setting, and wild-caught European hedgehogs and ferrets in an outdoor enclosure using a similar procedure. Mice discriminated among all bird odors presented, showing more interest in chicken odor than quail or gull odor. Both predator species showed a decline in interest toward unrewarded prey odor (i.e., habituation), but only ferrets generalized their response from one unrewarded bird odor to another bird odor. Hedgehog responses to unrewarded bird odors were highly variable between individuals. Taken together, our results reveal interspecific and intraspecific differences in response to prey odors, which we argue are a consequence of different diet breadth, life and evolutionary histories, and the conditions in each experiment. Generalization of prey odors may have enabled some species of invasive predators to efficiently hunt a range of intraguild prey species, for example, ground-nesting shorebirds. Olfactory manipulation of predators may be a useful conservation tool for threatened prey if it reduces the conspicuousness of vulnerable prey.
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- Catherine J Price
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
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- Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, PO Box 69040, Lincoln, 7640, New Zealand
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- Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, PO Box 69040, Lincoln, 7640, New Zealand
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- Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, PO Box 69040, Lincoln, 7640, New Zealand
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- Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, PO Box 69040, Lincoln, 7640, New Zealand
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- Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, PO Box 282, Alexandra, 9340, New Zealand
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Cucchi T, Papayianni K, Cersoy S, Aznar-Cormano L, Zazzo A, Debruyne R, Berthon R, Bălășescu A, Simmons A, Valla F, Hamilakis Y, Mavridis F, Mashkour M, Darvish J, Siahsarvi R, Biglari F, Petrie CA, Weeks L, Sardari A, Maziar S, Denys C, Orton D, Jenkins E, Zeder M, Searle JB, Larson G, Bonhomme F, Auffray JC, Vigne JD. Tracking the Near Eastern origins and European dispersal of the western house mouse. Sci Rep 2020; 10:8276. [PMID: 32427845 PMCID: PMC7237409 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64939-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The house mouse (Mus musculus) represents the extreme of globalization of invasive mammals. However, the timing and basis of its origin and early phases of dispersal remain poorly documented. To track its synanthropisation and subsequent invasive spread during the develoment of complex human societies, we analyzed 829 Mus specimens from 43 archaeological contexts in Southwestern Asia and Southeastern Europe, between 40,000 and 3,000 cal. BP, combining geometric morphometrics numerical taxonomy, ancient mitochondrial DNA and direct radiocarbon dating. We found that large late hunter-gatherer sedentary settlements in the Levant, c. 14,500 cal. BP, promoted the commensal behaviour of the house mouse, which probably led the commensal pathway to cat domestication. House mouse invasive spread was then fostered through the emergence of agriculture throughout the Near East 12,000 years ago. Stowaway transport of house mice to Cyprus can be inferred as early as 10,800 years ago. However, the house mouse invasion of Europe did not happen until the development of proto urbanism and exchange networks - 6,500 years ago in Eastern Europe and 4000 years ago in Southern Europe - which in turn may have driven the first human mediated dispersal of cats in Europe.
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- Thomas Cucchi
- Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements (AASPE), UMR 7209, CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France.
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- Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements (AASPE), UMR 7209, CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
- Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science, American School of Classical Studies, Souidias 54, 10676, Athens, Greece
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- Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation (CRC), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Ministère de la Culture, CP 21, 36 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 75005, Paris, France
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- Centre de recherche en Paléontologie Paris, UMR7207, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 8 rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France
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- Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements (AASPE), UMR 7209, CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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- DGD-REVE, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 17 Place du Trocadéro, bureau E205, 75016, Paris, France
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- Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements (AASPE), UMR 7209, CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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- Vasile Pârvan, Institute of Archaeology, Romanian Academy, 11 Henri Coandă Street, Bucarest, Romania
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas/Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, USA
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- Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (Arscan), UMR 7041 CNRS, Université de Paris Nanterre, Paris I, 92023, Nanterre, France
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- Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University, Box 1837, 60 George Street, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Ardittou 34B, 11636, Athens, Greece
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- Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements (AASPE), UMR 7209, CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ, UK
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- Archaeology, School of HASS, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia
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- Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT), Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (ICAR), Tehran, Iran
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- Near Eastern Archaeology, Institute für Archäologie Wissenschaften, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), UMR 7205, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Université des Antilles, CNRS, Paris, France
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- BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Institute for the Modelling of Socio-Environmental Transitions, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Poole, BH12 5BB, UK
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- Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Corson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853-2701, USA
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- Palaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TG, UK
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM), UMR 4554, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM), UMR 4554, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements (AASPE), UMR 7209, CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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Watson CT, Kos JT, Gibson WS, Newman L, Deikus G, Busse CE, Smith ML, Jackson KJ, Collins AM. A comparison of immunoglobulin IGHV, IGHD and IGHJ genes in wild-derived and classical inbred mouse strains. Immunol Cell Biol 2019; 97:888-901. [PMID: 31441114 DOI: 10.1111/imcb.12288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
The genomes of classical inbred mouse strains include genes derived from all three major subspecies of the house mouse, Mus musculus. We recently posited that genetic diversity in the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IGH) gene loci of C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice reflects differences in subspecies origin. To investigate this hypothesis, we conducted high-throughput sequencing of IGH gene rearrangements to document IGH variable (IGHV), joining (IGHJ) and diversity (IGHD) genes in four inbred wild-derived mouse strains (CAST/EiJ, LEWES/EiJ, MSM/MsJ and PWD/PhJ) and a single disease model strain (NOD/ShiLtJ), collectively representing genetic backgrounds of several major mouse subspecies. A total of 341 germline IGHV sequences were inferred in the wild-derived strains, including 247 not curated in the international ImMunoGeneTics information system. By contrast, 83/84 inferred NOD IGHV genes had previously been observed in C57BL/6 mice. Variability among the strains examined was observed for only a single IGHJ gene, involving a description of a novel allele. By contrast, unexpected variation was found in the IGHD gene loci, with four previously unreported IGHD gene sequences being documented. Very few IGHV sequences of C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice were shared with strains representing major subspecies, suggesting that their IGH loci may be complex mosaics of genes of disparate origins. This suggests a similar level of diversity is likely present in the IGH loci of other classical inbred strains. This must now be documented if we are to properly understand interstrain variation in models of antibody-mediated disease.
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- Corey T Watson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
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- Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA.,Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA.,Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Division of B Cell Immunology, German Cancer Research Center, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA.,Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Immunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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Adhikari P, Han SH, Kim YK, Kim TW, Thapa TB, Subedi N, Adhikari P, Oh HS. First molecular evidence of Mus musculus bactrianus in Nepal inferred from the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome B gene sequences. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2017; 29:561-566. [PMID: 28524717 DOI: 10.1080/24701394.2017.1320994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
To identify the house mice collected in Pokhara and Lumbini of Nepal at the subspecies level, morphological and molecular analyses were carried out. Morphologically, two populations collected in Pokhara and Lumbini were distinguished by fur colour, but there was no significant difference in external measurements (p > .05). The phylogenetic analysis results revealed that the haplotypes sequences of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Cytochrome B (CytB) gene distinguished into two distinct clades on a phylogenetic tree representing two subspecies, Mus musculus bactrianus and M. m. castaneus in Pokhara and Lumbini, respectively. In Nepal, the subspecies M. m. bactrianus was not reported before this study. These findings concluded that at least two subspecies, M. m. bactrianus and M. m. castaneus currently exist in Nepal. We estimated that these two subspecies could have introduced together with human migration, while further study is required to understand their evolutionary history and current distribution.
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- Pradeep Adhikari
- a Faculty of Science Education, Jeju National University , Jeju-si , Republic of Korea
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- b National Institute of Animal Science , Jeju-si , Republic of Korea
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- a Faculty of Science Education, Jeju National University , Jeju-si , Republic of Korea
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- a Faculty of Science Education, Jeju National University , Jeju-si , Republic of Korea
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- c Central Department of Zoology , Tribhuvan University , Kirtipur , Nepal
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- d National Trust for Nature Conservation , Lalitpur , Nepal
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- a Faculty of Science Education, Jeju National University , Jeju-si , Republic of Korea
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