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Prolonged partner separation erodes nucleus accumbens transcriptional signatures of pair bonding in male prairie voles

eLife, 2023
The loss of a spouse is often cited as the most traumatic event in a person’s life. However, for most people, the severity of grief and its maladaptive effects subside over time via an understudied adaptive process.
Julie M Sadino, Xander G Bradeen, Conor J Kelly, Liza E Brusman, Deena M Walker, Zoe R Donaldson   +5 more
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The protective effects of social bonding on behavioral and pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity to chronic mild stress in prairie voles. [PDF]

, 2017
Positive social interactions may protect against stress. This study investigated the beneficial effects of pairing with a social partner on behaviors and neuroendocrine function in response to chronic mild stress (CMS) in 13 prairie vole pairs. Following
Alan Kim Johnson, Alison Knecht, Angela J. Grippo, Christina Bishop, Gobinath AR, Joshua Wardwell, Katherine M. Appleton, Mathers CD, Melissa-Ann L. Scotti, Neal McNeal, Rachel Murphy   +10 more
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Hymenolepis ackerti n. sp. (Eucestoda: Hymenolepididae) infecting cricetid rodents from the central Great Plains of North America

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2023
Hymenolepis ackerti n. sp., parasite of rodents from the tallgrass prairie ecoregion of North America is herein characterized. This tapeworm occurs in 3 species of rodents including the hispid cotton rat Sigmodon hispidus, the eastern woodrat Neotoma ...
F. Agustín Jiménez, Brian Rowan, Andrew G. Hope   +2 more
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‘O sibling, where art thou?’ – a review of avian sibling recognition with respect to the mammalian literature [PDF]

, 2004
Avian literature on sibling recognition is rare compared to that developed by mammalian researchers. We compare avian and mammalian research on sibling recognition to identify why avian work is rare, how approaches differ and what avian and mammalian ...
Barnard C. J., Barnard C.J., Barnard C.J., Bateson P., Bateson P., Beecher I. M., Blaustein A. R., Boyse E. A., Brown J. L., Burger J., Byers J. A., Catchpole C. K., Colgan P., Cramp S., Cramp S., Davis L. S., Dawkins R., Dewsbury D. A., Evans R. M., Farabaugh S. M., Ferkin M. H., Fletcher D. J. C., Fletcher D.J. C., Fuller C. A., Gamboa G. J., Gottlieb G., Halpin Z. T., Hamilton W. D., Hare J. F., Hare J. F., Hepper P. G., Hepper P. G., Hepper P. G., Hoglund J., Holmes W. G., Holmes W. G., Holmes W. G., Johnsgard P. A., Johnsgard P. A., Kroodsma D. E., Lenington S., McGregor P. K., McShea W. J., Medvin M. B., Miller D. E., Mock D. W., Murie J. O., Nowak R. M., Palestis B. G., Palestis B. G., Pfennig D. W., Pierotti R., Porter R. H., Porter R. H., Porter R. H., Radesater T., Schimmel L., Schubert C. A., Sherman P. W., Sherman P. W., Shields W. M., Shields W. M., Slater P.J. B., Stacey P. B., Stoddard P. K., Trainer J. M., Waldman B., Wilson E. O., Wilson E. O., Zann R. A.   +69 more
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The effect of watering on a prairie vole population [PDF]

Acta Theriologica, 1982
Wyjsciową hipotezą pracy bylo, ze brak wody per se lub wody jako stymulatora wzrostu roślinności jest powodem spadku rozrodu w populacji M. ochrogaster w ciągu lata. Badania prowadzono od 21 maja do 16 października 1979 r., na trzech ogrodzonych powierzchniach, po 0,81 ha kazda. Jedna z nich byla nawadniana przez 8 deszczowni, druga zaopatrywana w wode
Abdellatif, E. M., Armitage, K. B., Gaines, M. S., Johnson, M. L.   +3 more
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Maternal glucocorticoids have persistent effects on offspring social phenotype irrespective of opportunity for social buffering

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study tests whether early‐life maternal association buffers offspring from the effects of prenatal stress in a facultatively social lizard. Despite clear effects of maternal glucocorticoids on growth and social behaviour, social associations did not mitigate these effects, revealing limits to social buffering in this species.
Kirsty J. MacLeod, Alix Bouffet‐Halle, Erik Wapstra, Tobias Uller, Geoffrey M. While   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does water vole diet meet the prerequisites of the “plant hypothesis” for explaining population cycles?

Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 5, May 2026.
Abstract Rodent population cycles are observed in highly seasonal environments. As most rodents are herbivorous, the availability and the quality of their food resources vary greatly across seasons. Furthermore, it is well documented that herbivore densities have a measurable effect on vegetation and, conversely, that vegetation dynamics can influence ...
Hélène Lisse, Cédric Jacquet, Gaëlle Sobczyk‐Moran, Marion Buronfosse, Ambre Fafournoux, Virginie Lattard, Etienne Ramadier, Adrien Pinot   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inference of Selection Based on Temporal Genetic Differentiation in the Study of Highly Polymorphic Multigene Families [PDF]

, 2012
The co-evolutionary arms race between host immune genes and parasite virulence genes is known as Red Queen dynamics. Temporal fluctuations in allele frequencies, or the ‘turnover’ of alleles at immune genes, are concordant with predictions of the Red ...
Cock van Oosterhout, Mark McMullan, Rachel Louise Allen   +2 more
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Natural variation in planting‐year climate explains variation in developing floristic composition of restored prairie

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 5, May 2026.
This study demonstrates planting‐year climate can predict the cover of frequently occurring species and major compositional groups in prairie developing from seed. Our results advance understanding of factors contributing to variable restoration outcomes, which is needed to achieve conservation goals.
Zachary Storc, Kathryn D. Eckhoff, Daniel C. Reuman, Sara G. Baer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pair-bonding on the brain

Communications Biology
As a monogamous species, the prairie vole is a common model for social neuroscience. Gustison and colleagues mapped a whole-brain histological atlas of the prairie vole and used this atlas to identify a neural network of pair-bonding behaviour. The study
Lindsey T. Thurston
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