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The behavior of prey can be changed dramatically by the presence of predator odors (Stoddart, 1976; Dickman and Doncaster, 1984; Gorman, 1984). Small mammals tend to avoid predator odors. Faeces, urine or secretions from some predators are effective in reducing feeding damage by snowshoe hares, black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) and voles (Microtus montanus and M. pennsylvanicus; Sullivan, Grump and Sullivan., 1988; Sullivan, 1985, 1986). 2,2-Dimethylthietane from mink (Mustela vison) causes a decrease in food consumption in snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) and rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) (Robinson, 1990).
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Voznessenskaya, V.V., Wysocki, C.J., Zinkevich, E.P. (1992). Regulation of the Rat Estrous Cycle by Predator Odors: Role of the Vomeronasal Organ. In: Doty, R.L., Müller-Schwarze, D. (eds) Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9655-1_45
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