Striped mouse
Journal Article of the Month
Publications
- Maxwell, S. J., Hernandez Duran, L. C., Rowell, M. K., & Rymer, T. L. (2021). An iconography of extant Gibberulus Jousseaume, 1888 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Strombidae), and the introduction of a new species from the southwestern Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 134(1), 89-115.
- Maxwell, S. J., Rymer, T. L., Rowell, M. K., Hernandez Duran, L. C., Berschauer, D. P., Underdown, M., ... & Dekkers, A. M. (2021). Defining and bringing relevance of meaning to species group-level taxa. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 134(1), 27-28.
- Maxwell, S. J., Watt, J., Rymer, T. L., & Congdon, B. B. (2021). A checklist of near-shore strombidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neostromboidae) on Green Island, Queensland. Biogeographia–The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 36.
- Delarue, E. M., Kerr, S. E., & Rymer, T. L. (2020). Habitat and sex effects on behaviour in fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rats (Melomys cervinipes). Australian Mammalogy, 43(3), 319-329.
- Duran, L. H., Rymer, T. L., & Wilson, D. T. (2020). Variation in venom composition in the Australian funnel-web spiders Hadronyche valida. Toxicon: X, 8, 100063.
- Maxwell, S. J., Congdon, B. C., & Rymer, T. L. (2020). Essentialistic pluralism: The theory of spatio-temporal positioning of species using integrated taxonomy. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, The, 124, 81-97.
- Maxwell, S. J., Dekkers, A. M., Rymer, T. L. & Congdon, B. C. (2020). Towards resolving the American and West African Strombidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neostromboidae) using integrated taxonomy. The Festivus 52: 3-38.
- Maxwell, S. J., Rowell, M. K., Hernandez Duran, L. C., & Rymer, T. L. (2020). Population structure of'Canarium labiatum'(Roding, 1798)(Mollusca: Neostromboidae: Strombidae) on green Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, The, 128, 15-22.
- Maxwell, S. J., Rymer, T. L., & Dekkers, A. M. (2020). Canarium urceus (Linné, 1758) studies Part 1: The Recircumscription of Strombus urceus Linné, 1758 (Neostromboidae: Strombidae). The Festivus 52 (2): 113-127.
- Maxwell, S. J., Rymer, T. L., Congdon, B. C., & Dekkers, A. M. (2020). Studies in Canarium urceus (Linné, 1758) Part 2: Strombus anatellus Duclos, 1844, Strombus crassilabrum Anton, 1839, Strombus incisus Wood, 1828 and Strombus ustulatus form laevis Dodge, 1946 (Neostromboidae: Strombidae). The Festivus, 52(4), 335-344.
- Rowell, M. K. & Rymer, T. L. (2020). Innovation in a native Australian rodent, the fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys cervinipes). Animal Cognition 23: 301-310.
- Rowell, M. K., & Rymer, T. L. (2020). Growth and behavioural development of the fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys cervinipes). Australian Mammalogy, 43(3), 330-334.
- Rymer, T. L. (2020). The role of olfactory genes in the expression of rodent paternal care behavior. Genes 11: 292.
- Maxwell, S. J., Bordon, A. V., Rymer, T. L. & Congdon, B. C. (2019). The birth of a species and the validity of hybrid nomenclature demonstrated with a revision of hybrid taxa within Strombidae (Neostromboidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 132: 119-130.
- Rowell, M. K. & Rymer, T. L. (2020). Rodentia Cognition. In: Vonk J., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham
- Maxwell, S. J., Dekkers, A. M., Rymer, T. L. & Congdon, B. C. (2019). Recognising and defining a new crown clade within Stromboidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 867: 1-7.
- Maxwell, S. J., Dekkers, A. M., Rymer, T. L. & Congdon, B. C. (2019). Laevistrombus Abbott 1960 (Gastropoda: Strombidae): Indian and southwest Pacific species. Zootaxa 4555: 491-506.
- Paulling, K., Wilson, D. & Rymer, T. L. (2019). Olfactory recognition of snake cues by fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rats Melomys cervinipes. Behaviour 156: 1235-1253.
- Rymer, T. L. (2019). Parental Investment. In: Vonk J., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham
- Callaway, W. A., Turner, A. A., Croshaw, O. B., Ferguson, J. A., Julson, Z. J.-N., Volp, T. M., Kerr, S. E. & Rymer, T. L. (2018). Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae). Mammalian Species 50: 134-147.
- Maxwell, S. J., Congdon, B. C. & Rymer, T. L. (2018). A new species of Paraseraphs (Gastropoda, Seraphsidae) from the Priabonian White Limestone Formation of Jamaica. Paleontological Journal 52: 37-39.
- Maxwell, S. J., Liverani, V., Rymer, T. L. & Congdon, B. C. (2018). A revision of Terebellum delicatulum Kuroda and Kawamoto in Kawamoto and Tanabe, 1956 (Gastropoda, Seraphsidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 123: 61-67.
- Rymer, T. L. & Pillay, N. (2018). An integrated understanding of paternal care in mammals: lessons from the rodents. Journal of Zoology 306: 69-76.
- Maxwell, S. J., Rymer, T. L. & Congdon, B. C. (2017). Sex-ratio bias in Laevistrombus canarium Linné, 1758 (Gastropoda: Strombidae) from Far North Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 60:133-138.
- Pillay, N. & Rymer, T. L. (2017). Behavioural correlates of group size and group persistence in the African ice rat Otomys sloggetti robertsi. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71:62.
- Pillay, N. & Rymer, T. L. (2017). Preference for Outbreeding in Inbred Littledale’s Whistling Rats Parotomys littledalei. Evoutionary Biology 44:21-30.
- Preece, D.,...Rymer, T. L. et al. (2017). A guide for ecologists: Detecting the role of disease in faunal declines and managing population recovery. Biological Conservation 214:136-146.
- Maxwell, S. J. & Rymer, T. L. (2016). Commercially driven taxonomy: the necessity of knowing species. The Festivus 48: 52-53.
- Maxwell, S. J., Congdon, B. C. & Rymer, T. L. (2016). A new species of Vasticardium (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) from Queensland, Australia. The Festivus 48:248-252.
- Pillay, N., Rimbach, R. & Rymer, T. L. (2016). Pre- and postnatal dietary protein deficiency influences anxiety, memory and social behaviour in the African striped mouse Rhabdomys dilectus chakae. Physiology & Behavior 161: 38-46.
- Rymer, T. L., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. (2016). Resilience to droughts in mammals: a conceptual framework for estimating vulnerability of a single species. The Quarterly Review of Biology 91: 133-176.
- Delarue, E.M.P., Kerr, S.E., Rymer, T.L. (2015). Habitat complexity, environmental change and personality: A tropical perspective. Behavioural Processes 120: 101-110.
- Pillay, N. & Rymer, T. L. (2015). Alloparenting enhances the emotional, social and cognitive performance of female African striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio. Animal Behaviour 99: 43-52.
- Mackay, M., Rymer, T. L. & Pillay, N. (2014). Separation at weaning from the family is stressful for naturally group-living, but not solitary-living, male African striped mice Rhabdomys. Stress 17: 266-274.
- Rymer, T. L. & Pillay, N. (2014). Alloparental care in the African striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio is age-dependent and influences the development of paternal care. Ethology 120: 11-20.
- Rymer, T. L., Thomson, R. L. & Whiting, M. J. (2014). At home with the birds: Kalahari tree skinks associate with sociable weaver nests despite African pygmy falcon presence. Austral Ecology 39: 839-847.
- Hinze, A., Rymer, T. & Pillay, N. (2013). Spatial dichotomy of sociality in the African ice rat. Journal of Zoology, London 290: 208-214.
- Rymer, T.L. & Pillay, N. (2013). Maternal care in the African striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio: a behaviourally flexible phenotype that is modified by experience. Developmental Psychobiology 55: 265-274.
- Rymer, T. L., Pillay, N. & Schradin, C. (2013). Extinction or survival? Behavioral flexibility in response to environmental change in the African striped mouse Rhabdomys. Sustainability 5: 163-186.
- Chapman, T., Rymer, T. & Pillay, N. (2012). Behavioural correlates of urbanisation in the Cape ground squirrel Xerus inauris. Naturwissenschaften 99: 893-902.
- Pillay, N. & Rymer, T. L. (2012). Behavioural divergence, interfertility and speciation: a review. Behavioural Processes 91: 223-235.
- Rymer, T. L. & Pillay, N. (2012). The development of exploratory behaviour in the African striped mouse Rhabdomys reflects a gene x enviroment compromise. Behavior Genetics 42: 845-856.
- Rymer, T. & Pillay, N. (2011). Transmission of parental care behaviour in African striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio. Journal of Experimental Zoology 315: 631-638.
- Rymer, T. L. & Pillay, N. (2011). The influence of the early rearing environment on the development of paternal care in African striped mice. Ethology 117: 284-293.
- Rymer, T. & Pillay, N. (2010). Female mate choice for paternal care behaviour in African striped mice Rhabdomys pumilio: the role of experience. Behaviour 147: 1101-1119
- Rymer, T., Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. (2008). Social transmission of information about novel food in two populations of the African striped mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio. Animal Behaviour 76: 1297-1304
- Rymer, T. L., Kinahan, A. A. & Pillay, N. (2007). Fur characteristics of the African ice rat Otomys sloggetti robertsi: Modifications for an alpine existence. Journal of Thermal Biology 32: 428-432
- Maxwell, S. J., & Rymer, T. L. (2021). Are the ICZN and PhyloCode that incompatible? A summary of the shifts in Stromboidean taxonomy and the definition of two new subfamilies in Stromboidae (Mollusca, Neostromboidae). The Festivus, 53(1), 44-51.
- Rowell, M. K., Pillay, N., & Rymer, T. L. (2021). Problem solving in animals: proposal for an ontogenetic perspective. Animals, 11(3), 866.
- Hernandez Duran, L., Wilson, D. T., Briffa, M., & Rymer, T. L. (2021). Beyond spider personality: The relationships between behavioral, physiological, and environmental factors. Ecology and Evolution, 11(7), 2974-2989.
- Pillay, N., & Rymer, T. L. (2021). Sons benefit from paternal care in African striped mice. Developmental Psychobiology, 63(4), 662-675.
- Rymer, T. L., Cruise, M., & Pillay, N. (2021). Decision-making by bushveld gerbils (Gerbilliscus leucogaster). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 135(2), 244.
- Maxwell, S. J., Rymer, T. L., & Congdon, B. C. (2021). Resolving phylogenetic and classical nomenclature: A revision of Seraphsidae Jung, 1974 (Gastropoda: Neostromboidae). Zootaxa, 4990(3), 401-453.
- Rowell, M. K., & Rymer, T. L. (2021). Exploration influences problem solving in the fawn‐footed mosaic‐tailed rat (Melomys cervinipes). Ethology, 127(7), 592-604.
- Maxwell, S. J., Rymer, T. L., & Watt, J. (2021). Field Notes on Sex-Bias in Gibberulus dekkersi Maxwell, Hernandez Duran, Rowell & Rymer, 2021 (Gastropoda: Neostromboidae: Strombidae) on the Great Barrier Reef. Pacific Science, 75(4), 525-530.
- Rowell, M. K., Santymire, R. M., & Rymer, T. L. (2021). Corticosterone Metabolite Concentration Is Not Related to Problem Solving in the Fawn-Footed Mosaic-Tailed Rat Melomys Cervinipes. Animals, 12(1), 82.
- Maxwell, S. J., Rymer, T. L., & Congdon, B. C. (2021). A theoretical composite model for population sex-specific shell size dynamics in Strombidae (Gastropoda, Neostromboidae). Journal of Natural History, 55(41-42), 2661-2672.
Striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) on the cover of the August edition of Behaviour
Biological news
Monday, January 31, 2011
Summary: Bonato et al. (2009)
Female birds invest more in reproduction than males, due to egg production. Therefore, females should change their investment in any one breeding attempt in relation to the probability of it succeeding. Females of many species favour mating with males that show elaborate ornamentation, possibly because ornamentation is an indicator of male quality. Thus, females should invest more in more ornamented males. Egg size is a good indicator of maternal investment and chicks hatched from larger eggs growth faster and have a higher chance of survival. Bonato et al. (2009) investigated the relationship between male colouration (measured using UV-visible range spectrophotometry) and egg mass in male ostriches (Struthio camelus). They assessed paternity of eggs using microsatellite markers. Female ostriches discriminate between males on the basis of ornamentation and some features of male colouration (neck colour, white and black body feathers and brightness of black feathers) are good predictors of egg mass. Bonato et al. (2009) suggest that these visual cues influence female perception of male quality and females adjust their level of maternal investment as a result. Their study has important implications for the ostrich farming industry, where hatching success is notoriously low.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Summary: Adams & Rohlf (2000)
Ecological character displacement describes the differences in morphology that occur between sympatric species due to interspecific competition, which allows them to coexist. In this study, Adams & Rohlf (2000) describe ecological character displacement between 2 terrestrial salamander species, Plethodon cinereus and P. hoffmani from two geographic transects in the USA. They quantified morphology of individuals from both allopatric and sympatric populations using linear measurements and landmark-based geometric morphometric methods. They also quantified food resource use by assaying stomach contents. Adams and Rohlf (2000) found morphological differences between sympatric, but not allopatric, populations in terms of prey consumption and segregation of prey according to size, although the resource bases for each population were similar. The reduction in prey consumption implied competition for food resources. The major anatomical difference was in relation to the functional and biomechanical properties of jaw closure. P. hoffmani has a faster, but weaker, jaw in contrast to P. cinereus, which has a slower but more powerful jaw. Adams & Rohlf's (2000) findings provide evidence that character displacement could the causal mechanism driving morphological differences between sympatric populations and provides an example of how anatomical differences can be identified among populations using geometric morphometrics.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Summary: Makowska et al. (2009)
Laboratory mice are the most commonly used species in biomedical research and are most commonly euthensased with carbon dioxide, which they may find aversive, as has been shown in rats. In many countries, Animal care policies generally require death to be painless and there should be minimal fear and anxiety. Makowska et al. (2009) assessed male CD-1 mouse aversion to CO2 usuing approach-avoidance testing in response to CO2 and 4 alternatives (argon, CO, halothane and isoflurane). Mouse motivation to avoid gas exposure was measured against motiavtion to assess a highly palatable sweet food reward. During preliminary testing, they recorded time to recumbency and concentration of gas at recumbency. Mice were trained to enter the test chamber through provision of a piece of sweetened shredded coconut as a reward presented in response to gentle tapping of the cage. When exposed to CO2, argon and CO, mice always left the test cage before losing consciousness, showing that mice forego access to a preferred food reward in the presence of the gas. In most cases, when exposed to halothane and isoflurane, mice also left the test cage before losing consciousness, however motivation to avoid isoflurance appeared weaker. Makowska et al. (2009) suggest that dyspnea is the cause of the aversion to CO2. Furthermore, they suggest that all substances tested were aversive to mice, therefore the test for a non-aversive agent should continue. They also suggest that, as isoflurane appears to be the least aversive, it should be used (at least in the interim) as the preferred alternative to CO2 or other gases.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Summary: Wiltgen et al. 2010
The hippocampus is important for the temporary formation and retrieval of episodic and contextual memories. Damage to this area produces amnesia for new memories. Wiltgen et al. (2010) examined the relationship between memory quality and hippocampus dependency, hypothesizing that memory quality may be critical for determining whether the hippocampus is essential for memory retrieval. Using immediate early gene expression (as measured by RT-PCR), they monitored hippocampal activity in mice during memory retrieval and found that detailed memories require the hippocampus, whereas memories that lose precision do not. The dorsal hippocampus is preferentially activated by retrieval of detailed contextual fear memories and is necessary for the retrieval of detailed memories using a context-generalization procedure. Wiltgen et al. (2010) suggest that detailed contextual memories require the hippocampus, providing a new framework for understanding memory consolidation. Their data help to establish the precise role of the hippocampus in memory retrieval.
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