OLFACTORY RESPONSES OF DEER MICE TO DOUGLAS-FIR SEED VOLATILES

Authors

C. Raymond Record, University of California, Davis, California
Rex E. Marsh, University of California, Davis, California
Walter E. Howard, University of California, Davis, CaliforniaFollow
Donald J. Stern, Western Regional Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Albany, California

Date of this Version

March 1976

Abstract

An attempt was made to identify the olfactory cues produced by Douglas-fir seeds which attract deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) to the seeds. The olfactometers used are described, and the merits of different statistical analyses of the data are discussed. The odors produced by whole Douglas-fir seed and by the endosperm were preferred among the fractions tested to date. Deer mice were repelled by Douglas-fir turpentine, cedar oil, and, to a lesser degree, one extract.