caa a22 4500 465762344 CHVBK 20180323111902.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02350280 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02350280 Development of survival skills in captive-raised Siberian polecats ( Mustela eversmanni ) II: Predator avoidance [Elektronische Daten] [Brian Miller, Dean Biggins, Chris Wemmer, Roger Powell, Lorena Calvo, Lou Hanebury, Tracy Wharton] We exposed naive Siberain polecats (Mustela eversmanni) (aged 2, 3, and 4 months) to a swooping stuffed great horned owl (Buho virginianus) and a stuffed badger (Taxidae taxus) mounted on a remote control toy automobile frame. The first introduction to each was harmless, the second was accompanied by a mild aversive stimulus, the third (1 day after attack) was harmless, and the fourth (30 days after attack) was harmless. Alert behavior increased after a single attack by either predator model. Escape responses of naive polecats did not differ between ages when exposed to the badger, but 4 month old polecats reduced their escape times after a single badger attack. When exposed to the swooping owl, naive 4 month old polecats redponded more quickly than the other two age groups, and 3 and 4 month old polecats reduced escape times after a single owl attack. This indicates an innate escape response to the owl model at 4 months of age, and a short-tert ability to remember a single mild aversive encounter with the badger and owl models at 3 or 4 months of age. Japan Ethological Society, 1990 Miller Brian Conservation and Research Center of the National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, 22630, Front Royal, VA aut Biggins Dean U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Ecology Center, 4512 McMurray, 80525-3400, Fort Collins, CO aut Wemmer Chris Conservation and Research Center of the National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, 22630, Front Royal, VA aut Powell Roger Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University, 27695-7617, Raleigh, NC aut Calvo Lorena La Aurora Zoo, Guatemala City, Guatemala, C.A. aut Hanebury Lou U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Ecology Center, 4512 McMurray, 80525-3400, Fort Collins, CO aut Wharton Tracy aut Journal of Ethology Springer-Verlag 8/2(1990-12-01), 95-104 0289-0771 8:2<95 1990 8 10164 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02350280 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02350280 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Miller Brian Conservation and Research Center of the National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, 22630, Front Royal, VA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Biggins Dean U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Ecology Center, 4512 McMurray, 80525-3400, Fort Collins, CO aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wemmer Chris Conservation and Research Center of the National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, 22630, Front Royal, VA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Powell Roger Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University, 27695-7617, Raleigh, NC aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Calvo Lorena La Aurora Zoo, Guatemala City, Guatemala, C.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hanebury Lou U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Ecology Center, 4512 McMurray, 80525-3400, Fort Collins, CO aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wharton Tracy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Ethology Springer-Verlag 8/2(1990-12-01), 95-104 0289-0771 8:2<95 1990 8 10164 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence SWISSBIB 465762344 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer