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Effects of prairie vole runways on tallgrass prairie

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 2007
Abstract Disturbances by large mammals influence plant populations and ecosystem processes. In contrast, impacts on ecosystem processes at local scales by small herbivorous rodents are relatively unknown. To examine effects of the runways of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) on soil nitrogen, we collected soil cores from under runways, along the ...
Beth E. Ross, Aaron W. Reed, Ryan L. Rehmeier, Glennis A. Kaufman, Donald W. Kaufman   +4 more
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Cardioacceleration in alloparents in response to stimuli from prairie vole pups: The significance of thermoregulation

Behavioural Brain Research, 2015
Autonomic responses, including changes in heart rate and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) can provide indications of emotional reactivity to social stimuli in mammals.
William M Kenkel, Jason R Yee, Stephen W Porges   +2 more
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Oxytocin and object preferences in the male prairie vole

Peptides, 2014
The neuropeptide oxytocin has been previously associated with social attachment behaviors in various species. Studies in socially monogamous prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and other species have implicated oxytocin in partner preferences and other social behaviors.
Dan, Madularu, Maria, Athanassiou, Jason R, Yee, William M, Kenkel, C Sue, Carter, Dave G, Mumby   +5 more
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Self-administration in prairie voles

2023
It is believed that drugs of abuse usurp neural circuitry that initially evolved to mediate behavioral processes essential for fitness.  Therefore, the takeover of this circuitry by drugs of abuse usually exerts powerful control over the behavior and this is a tremendous problem for many humans.
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Oxytocin reduces alcohol consumption in prairie voles

Physiology & Behavior, 2017
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) negatively affects millions of people every year in the United States, and effective treatments for AUD are still needed. The neuropeptide oxytocin has shown promise for reducing alcohol drinking in mice and rats. Because oxytocin also plays a key role in complex prosocial behaviors like bonding and attachment, we tested the ...
J R, Stevenson, S M, Wenner, D M, Freestone, C C, Romaine, M C, Parian, S M, Christian, A E, Bohidar, J R, Ndem, I R, Vogel, C M, O'Kane   +9 more
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Microtus ochrogaster (Prairie vole)

1971
Pairing of the acrocentrics and the identification of the Y chromosome are very arbitrary, but the X chromosome is relatively easy to identify since it is the largest submetacentric of the complement.
T. C. Hsu, Kurt Benirschke
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Male-female interactions in prairie voles

Animal Behaviour, 1983
Abstract Dyadic encounters between virgin female prairie voles ( Microtus ochrogaster ) and males with various reproductive histories were analysed using observational techniques and sequential analysis. Unfamiliar, sexually inexperienced males interacted in a manner that would permit physical contact, pheromone transfer and the subsequent induction ...
Leah Gavish, C. Sue Carter, Lowell L. Getz   +2 more
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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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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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