Effect of experience with pine (Pituophis melanoleucus) and king (Lampropeltis getulus) snake odors on Y-maze behavior of pine snake hatchlings
Journal of Chemical Ecology
By: J. Burger, W.I. Boarman, L. Kurzava, and M. Gochfeld
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Abstract
The abilities of hatchling pine snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus) and king snakes (Lampropeltis getulus) to discriminate the chemical trails of pine and king snakes was investigated inY-maze experiments. Pine snakes were housed for 17 days either with shavings impregnated with pine snake odor, king snake odor, or no odor to test for the effect of experience on choice. Both pine and king snake hatchlings entered the arm with the pine snake odor and did not enter the arm with the king snake odor. The data support the hypothesis that hatchlings of both species can distinguish conspecific odors from other odors and that our manipulation of previous experience was without effect for pine snake hatchlings.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Effect of experience with pine (Pituophis melanoleucus) and king (Lampropeltis getulus) snake odors on Y-maze behavior of pine snake hatchlings |
| Series title | Journal of Chemical Ecology |
| DOI | 10.1007/BF00994423 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Year Published | 1991 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Ecological Research Center |
| Description | 9 p. |
| First page | 79 |
| Last page | 87 |
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