Do Fossorial Water Voles have a Functional Vomeronasal Organ? A Histological and Immunohistochemical Study
Sara Ruiz-Rubio,
Irene Ortiz-Leal,
Mateo V. Torres
et al.
Abstract:The fossorial water vole,Arvicola scherman, is a herbivorous rodent that cause significant agricultural damages. The application of cairomones and alarm pheromones emerges as a promising sustainable method to improve its integrated management. These chemical signals would induce stress responses that could interfere with the species regular reproductive cycles and induce aversive reactions, steering them away from farmlands and meadows. However, there is a paucity of information regarding the water vole vomero… Show more
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