Female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) fail to form a new pair after loss of mate
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We tested experimentally the hypothesis that failure to acquire a new mate by monogamously paired female Microtus ochrogaster that lose their mate represents pair-bonding behavior, not a lack of available males. Males were removed from reproductive male-female pairs and the females provided an opportunity to pair with unfamiliar sexually inexperienced or experienced males in a semi-natural arena. Only three of 22 (13.6%) females formed a new pair, two with inexperienced males and one with an experienced male. Three other females spent more time with an experienced male than with the inexperienced male, but did not form a pair or co-nest with that male. The results confirm field observations that availability of males is not a factor in the failure of female prairie voles to form a new pair following loss of their mate. This study concludes failure to form a new pair is associated with pair-bonding behavior.
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When female prairie voles lose a mate, they often fail to take on a new partner.
“Initial observations of the socially monogamous mating system of prairie voles stemmed from field observations in which male-female pairs were repeatedly captured together within the same home ranges [52–55] and subsequent laboratory studies determined that when female prairie voles lose a mate, they often fail to take on a new partner [56].”
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- Authors
- Pizzuto, T., & Getz, L. L.
- Affiliations
- Clemson University (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Corresponding author
- Getz, Lowell L
- Venue
- Behavioural Processes
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1998-04
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 79-86
- ISSN
- 0376-6357 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2010820801
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 0.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behavioural Processes (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Keywords
- Microtus ochrogaster, pair bonding, monogamy, female mate choice, social bonding
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