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Mating behaviour and female choice: their relation to social structure in wild caught House mice (Mus musculus) housed in a semi‐natural environment

Wolff, Robert J.·1985·Journal of Zoology
DOI 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1985.tb04914.x
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Mating behaviour and its relation to social structure was studied in two colonies of wild caught House mice (Mus musculus) housed in semi‐natural environments. In both colonies, one male was initially dominant to (chased) a number of subordinate males, and mated significantly more often than subordinate males. In time, younger males deposed the dominant male and set up defended areas in the observation room. Under this territorial social structure, only males who possessed defended areas mated. Females moved freely throughout the observation room, and chose high quality territories in which to deliver their litters. Females mated significantly more often with a) males in whose territories they delivered their litters and b) males who defended‘high quality’territories.

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  • In naturalistic conditions, more aggressive male mice control bigger and more favorable territories, which results in a higher chance of attracting females.

    “In naturalistic conditions more aggressive males control bigger and more favorable territories, which results in higher chance of attracting females.144,145”

    From Ecological validity of social interaction tests in rats and mice (2019) · cites this paper as [144]

  • Social rank directly influences reproduction in mice at least in two ways: subordinate males can be chased away from females by dominants, and females are more permissive to copulate with dominants.

    “Importantly, social rank directly influences reproduction at least in two ways: subordinate males can be chased away from the females by dominants 76,82,145 and the females are more permissive to copulate with the dominants.144”

    From Ecological validity of social interaction tests in rats and mice (2019) · cites this paper as [144]

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Authors
Wolff, R. J.
Affiliations
Tufts University (US)
Corresponding author
Wolff, Robert J.
ORCID
Wolff, Robert J.
Venue
Journal of Zoology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1985-09
Volume
207
Issue
1
Pages
43-51
ISSN
  • 0952-8369 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7998
DOI
10.1111/j.1469-7998.1985.tb04914.x
OpenAlex
W2010297555
Cited by
102
References
18
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 1
FWCI
3.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 8754 d)
Locations
Journal of Zoology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Keywords
mating behavior, female mate choice, social structure, house mouse, Mus musculus, territoriality, dominance, male mating success, territory quality, reproductive success

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