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Asian house rats may facilitate their invasive success through suppressing brown
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Guo HL
; Teng HJ
; Zhang JH
; Zhang JX
; Zhang YH
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BACKGROUND: The Asian house rat (Rattus tanezumi) and the brown rat (Rattus
norvegicus) are closely related species and are partially sympatric in southern
China. Over the past 20 years, R. tanezumi has significantly expanded northward
in China and partially replaced the native brown rat subspecies, R. n.
humiliatus. Although invasive species are often more aggressive than native
species, we did not observe interspecific physical aggression between R. tanezumi
and R. n. humiliatus. Here, we focused on whether or not R. tanezumi was superior
to R. n. humiliatus in terms of nonphysical competition, which is primarily
mediated by chemical signals. RESULTS: We performed two laboratory experiments to
test different paradigms in domesticated R. tanezumi and R. n. humiliatus. In
Experiment 1, we caged adult male rats of each species for 2 months in
heterospecific or conspecific pairs, partitioned by perforated galvanized iron
sheets, allowing exchange of chemical stimuli and ultrasonic vocalization. The
sexual attractiveness of male urine odor showed a tendency (marginal
significance) to increase in R. tanezumi caged with R. n. humiliatus, compared
with those in conspecific pairs. Hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and
brain-derived nutrition factor (BDNF) mRNA were upregulated in R. n. humiliatus
and R. tanezumi, respectively, when the rats were caged in heterospecific pairs.
In Experiment 2, we kept juvenile male rats in individual cages in rooms with
either the same or the different species for 2 months, allowing chemical
interaction. The sexual attractiveness of male urine was significantly enhanced
in R. tanezumi, but reduced in R. n. humiliatus by heterospecific cues and mRNA
expression of hippocampal GR and BDNF were upregulated by heterospecific cues in
R. n. humiliatus and R. tanezumi, respectively. Although not identical, the
results from Experiments 1 and 2 were generally consistent. CONCLUSIONS: The
results of both experiments indicate that nonphysical/chronic interspecific
stimuli, particularly scent signals, between R. n. humiliatus and R. tanezumi may
negatively affect R. n. humiliatus and positively affect R. tanezumi. We infer
that chronic interspecific interactions may have contributed to the invasion of
R. tanezumi into the range of R. n. humiliatus in natural habitats.