Exploiting interspecific olfactory communication to monitor predators
December 2016
Publication: Exploiting interspecific olfactory communication to monitor predators, Ecological Applications,
Author(s): Garvey, P. M., A. S. Glen, M. N. Clout, S. V. Wyse, M. Nichols, and R. P. Pech.
We devised a field experiment to investigate whether dominant predator (ferret Mustela furo) body odor would alter the behavior of three common mesopredators: stoats (Mustela erminea), hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus), and ship rats (Rattus rattus).