Communicating through scents: an interview with Jane Hurst

Abstract

Abstract Jane Hurst is a William Prescott Professor of Animal Science at the University of Liverpool, UK, studying scent communication in mammals and its role in behaviours. In this interview, Jane discusses how scents encode complex information in rodents, driving behaviours such as kinship interactions and choosing a mate, how understanding natural behaviours of animals can inform experimental designs, and what is the connection between Jane Austen and pheromones.

Keywords

• Behaviours
• Scents
• Olfactory communication
• MUPs
• Darcin