Hamsters in the city: A study on the behaviour of a population of common hamsters (Cricetus cricetus) in urban environment

Autor: Camille N. M. Bordes, Eva Millesi, Nancy Rebout, Anna Flamand, Lauréline Guinnefollau, Carina Siutz, Christiane Weber, Fanny Ajak, Matthieu Bergès, Odile Petit
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire Image, Ville, Environnement (LIVE), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Tours-Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur]-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse [ENSAT], Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Tours, University of Vienna [Vienna], Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale (UMR TETIS), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-AgroParisTech-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Montpellier (UM), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur]-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Tours (UT), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur]-Université de Tours-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
0106 biological sciences
Animal sexual behaviour
Physiology
Population Dynamics
Vigilance
Endangered species
Social Sciences
Predation
01 natural sciences
Cricetinae
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
Foraging
Habituation
Urban areas
Geographic Areas
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Mammals
0303 health sciences
education.field_of_study
Multidisciplinary
Behavior
Animal
Geography
Ecology
Eukaryota
Vegetation
Terrestrial Environments
Trophic Interactions
Community Ecology
Austria
Vertebrates
[SDE]Environmental Sciences
Hamsters
Medicine
Animal behavior
Research Article
Science
Population
Zoology
Environment
Urban environments
Biology
Rodents
010603 evolutionary biology
03 medical and health sciences
[SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology
Biological locomotion
Animals
Cities
education
030304 developmental biology
Behavior
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Urban Health
Organisms
Biology and Life Sciences
15. Life on land
[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society
Vigilance (behavioural ecology)
Animal sexual behavior
Amniotes
Earth Sciences
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Biodiversité
[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, 2019, 14 (11), pp.e0225347. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0225347⟩
PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 11, p e0225347 (2019)
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225347⟩
Popis: International audience; Animals in urban environments face challenging situations and have to cope with human activities. This study investigated the ecology and behaviour of a population of European hamsters (Cricetus cricetus) living in the city centre of Vienna (Austria). We recorded the surface activities of 35 hamsters in May 2015. Each focal animal was observed for 15 minutes , and a total of 66 focal samples were analysable. As a prey species in an environment teeming with human activities, we predicted a high level of vigilance by the hamsters. The results show that while animals dedicated a lot of time to vigilance, most of their time was spent foraging. The study also explores whether the frequency of vigilance behaviours differ between males and females. We found that vigilance behaviours were expressed in a different manner by males and females. Finally, we investigated the distribution of the burrows on green spaces depending on proximity to trees and on noise levels. We found a biased distribution of burrows, with a spatial preference for location protected by the vegetation and distant to noise sources. Although burrows were located preferentially under vegetation cover, levels of noise did not determine their positions. Moreover, this species does not respond to disturbances like daily urban noises, probably due to habituation. The common hamster is an endangered species; our results lead to a greater knowledge of its behaviour in a persistent urban population.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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