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Defensive behaviors of laboratory and wild Rattus norvegicus..

Blanchard, Robert J., Flannelly, Kevin J., Blanchard, D. Caroline·1986·Journal of comparative psychology

Abstract

Analysis of the defensive behaviors of wild rats to an inescapable approaching threat stimulus (the experimenter) indicated a pattern of freezing to distant stimuli, giving way to vocalization, jumps, and jump-attacks at shorter defensive distances. Comparisons of the defensive reactions of wild-trapped and laboratory-bred wild rats to a variety of threatening stimuli, in escapable as well as inescapable situations, indicated that the two wild strains were similar and consistently more defensive than laboratory rats to both human and conspecific threat stimuli. These results thus suggest that the defensive behaviors of rats have been substantially reduced during the process of domestication, with relatively little of this reduction being attributable to housing in standard laboratory conditions.

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Authors
Blanchard, R. J., Flannelly, K. J., & Blanchard, D. C.
Affiliations
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
Venue
Journal of comparative psychology
Published
1986
Volume
100
Issue
2
Pages
101-107
ISSN
  • 0093-4127 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2087
  • 0735-7036
OpenAlex
W2087052199
Cited by
405
References
28
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of comparative psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (AA-06220)
  • National Institute on Aging (AG03060)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
Keywords
defensive behavior, Rattus norvegicus, wild rats, laboratory rats, domestication, threat stimuli, freezing, vocalizations, escape, anthropogenic threats
MeSH terms
Aggression, Agonistic Behavior, Animals, Animal Population Groups, Animals, Domestic, Animals, Wild, Arousal, Escape Reaction, Female, Male, Rats

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