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Adult female prairie voles and meadow voles do not suppress reproduction in their daughters

Behavioural Processes, 2001
Reproductive suppression of young females by conspecific females has been reported from laboratory studies on several species of rodents, including the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster, but not meadow voles, M. pennsylvanicus. We exposed female prairie voles and meadow voles to two treatments: a mother and one 23-26-day-old daughter paired with a ...
J O., Wolff, A S., Dunlap, E, Ritchhart
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SCENT MARKING IN MEADOW VOLES AND PRAIRIE VOLES: A TEST OF THREE HYPOTHESES

Behaviour, 2001
Abstract Most terrestrial mammals deposit scent marks to communicate with conspecifics. We examined the scent marking behaviour of meadow voles and prairie voles, species with different mating systems and social organizations, to determine whether voles scent mark according to the 'targeting' response, the 'avoidance' response, or the ...
M.H. Ferkin, S.G. Mech, null Paz-Y-Miño C.   +2 more
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Reproduction and Duration of Placental Scars in the Prairie Vole and the Eastern Vole

Journal of Mammalogy, 1967
The mean number of embryos in 134 prairie voles was 3.89 with a range of 2 to 7. Corresponding values in 153 eastern voles were 4.46 and 1 to 9. The mode was four in both species. An estimated 89.4% and 93.0% of the ova liberated were implanted in the prairie voles and the eastern voles, respectively.
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Pair bonding and “the widow effect” in female prairie voles

Behavioural Processes, 2004
We conducted field and laboratory experiments with the well-studied monogamous prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster, to distinguish among three hypotheses for the failure of females that lose their mates to bond with a new male ("the widow effect").
Shawn A, Thomas, Jerry O, Wolff
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Interactions of Mothers with Partners of Different Sexes in Meadow Voles and Prairie Voles

Journal of Mammalogy, 1992
The behavior of lactating female meadow voles ( Microtus pennsylvanicus ) and prairie voles (M. ochrogaster ) housed with partners of either sex was examined in an indoor, seminatural environment. Females were observed either alone, in the presence of the breeding male, or in the presence of a familiar, virgin female (sibling).
M. Bamshad, M. Novak
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Aggressive Behavior of the Meadow and Prairie Voles

Journal of Mammalogy, 1962
A comparison was made of the intra- and interspecific aggressive behavior of the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster , and the meadow vole, M. pennsylvanicus . M. ochrogaster was found to display little aggressive behavior towards others of its own species; when confined together, individuals almost always huddled and groomed each other within a few ...
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Sexual Differentiation in Prairie Voles: The Effects of Corticosterone and Testosterone

Physiology & Behavior, 1997
Prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) exhibit low levels of physical sexual dimorphism and have endogenous basal corticosterone levels that are 5-10 times higher than those measured in rats; prairie voles also do not show a postnatal period of adrenal hyporesponsivity.
R L, Roberts, A S, Zullo, C S, Carter
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Neurochemical regulation of pair bonding in male prairie voles

Physiology & Behavior, 2004
Pair bonding represents social attachment between mates and is common among monogamous animals. The prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) is a monogamous rodent in which mating facilitates pair bond formation. In this review, we first discuss how prairie voles have been used as an excellent model for neurobiological studies of pair bonding.
Zuoxin, Wang, Brandon J, Aragona
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Monogamy and the Prairie Vole

Scientific American, 1993
C S, Carter, L L, Getz
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Three Mutations and the Karyotype of the Prairie Vole

Journal of Heredity, 1974
G. T. HARTKE, H. W. LEIPOLD, K. HUSTON, J. E. COOK, G. SAPERSTEIN   +4 more
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