The maternal behaviour cycle in golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).
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Maternal behaviour in golden hamsters has been the subject of several studies (ROWELL 1960, 1961 a, 1961 b; LOTT 1962; NOIROT & RICHARDS 1966; RICHARDS 1966 a, 1966 b). Most of these have investigated the response to the presentation of pups placed outside the nest by the experimenter, analysing the functional relations between test behaviour and such variables as reproductive stage, hormonal state, age of test pups, and experiential variables. DIETERLEN (1959) and ROWELL (1961 b) have described maternal behaviour in the absence of such tests, but little quantitative information has been published. ROWELL (1960) presented data for undisturbed mothers on a single measure, the time spent out of the nest. RICHARDS (1966 c) time-sampled behaviour during the oestrous cycle, pregnancy and pseudo-pregnancy, but not after parturition. In an unpublished investigation, SCOTT (1 970) extended such timesampling over the reproductive cycle. The present paper is primarily intended as a quantitative account of the changes in the mother’s behaviour over the course of the entire reproductive cycle, in the absence of retrieval tests. While standardized pup retrieval tests have proved a valuable research method, they have necessarily failed to provide a complete picture of the successive stages of maternal activity and mother-pup interactions. A further matter of interest is how maternal behaviour is influenced by conditions of laboratory maintenance. This problem has been approached in this study by comparing behaviour in cages to that in boxes providing the opportunity to burrow.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie
دوره 31 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1972