{"pk":5707,"title":"Effects of Captivity on Response to a Novel Environment in the Oldfield Mouse (\nPeromyscus polionotus subgriseus\n)","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Long-term maintenance of captive populations and release of these animals into the wild is one approach to endangered species conservation. In this study, I used a traditional ethological technique, the open-field test, to assess captivity's effects on exploratory behavior, level of activity, and enclosure use in oldfield mice (\nPeromyscus polionotus subgriseus\n) upon introduction to a novel environment. The animals tested were from four populations collected from Ocala National Forest, Florida, and were held in captivity for varying numbers of generations: 35, 14, 2, and 0 (wild caught). The population 35 generations removed from the wild was behaviorally distinct from the other three populations. The mechanisms behind the differences are unclear. This study, however, is an example of how traditional behavioral methods can be applied to conservation problems. Whether captive populations are raised for lab studies or for captive breeding of endangered species, this study suggests that if they have been removed from the wild for more than 14 generations, they are likely to be significantly different from the wild counterparts of interest.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"International Journal of Comparative Psychology"},{"word":"Behavior"},{"word":"Behaviour"},{"word":"Captivity"},{"word":"novel environment"},{"word":"Open-field"},{"word":"Exploratory behavior"},{"word":"conservation"},{"word":"MICE"}],"section":"Research Article","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/65g8b22z","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"M. Elsbeth","middle_name":"","last_name":"McPhee","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Michigan, U.S.A.","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2009-05-01T12:30:00+05:30","date_accepted":"2009-05-01T12:30:00+05:30","date_published":"2003-12-31T13:30:00+05:30","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uclapsych_ijcp/article/5707/galley/3462/download/"}]}