Exploiting interspecific olfactory communication to monitor predators
March 2017
Publication: Ecological Applications
Author(s): Garvey PM, Glen AS, Clout MN, Wyse SV, Nichols M, & Pech RP.
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).