Home range overlap and nest cohabitation of male and female prairie voles
Abstract
The degree of association between male and female prairie voles Microtus ochrogaster was assessed using radiotelemetry. Nine sets of males and females caught together in live traps were fitted with transmitters and monitored for 3-4 days; an additional three sets of voles were radiotracked for 10 days. Eleven of the 12 male-female pairs remained together during the radiotracking period. The areas used by the male and female of each of these pairs overlapped greatly. Furthermore, each pair cohabited in a nesting burrow. On an average of 34.6% of the occasions when simultaneous readings were taken for a male and female, they were together in a nest. These results contrast markedly with field studies of M. pennsylvanicus and M. montanus which have revealed no nest cohabitation by adult males and females. The results of this study support laboratory evidence and live-trapping data suggesting pair-bonding in M.
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Prairie voles often form long-term, socially monogamous relationships with their mates.
“Prairie voles differ considerably from more traditional laboratory models as they are exceptionally social and often form long-term, socially monogamous relationships with their mates.”
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Prairie voles form enduring social bonds between mates.
“Unlike most mammalian species, the prairie vole is highly affiliative, forms enduring social bonds between mates, and displays biparental behavior.”
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- Authors
- Hofmann, J. E., Getz, L. L., & Gavish, L.
- Venue
- American Midland Naturalist
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1984-10
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 314
- ISSN
- 0003-0031 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1992706086
- Cited by
- 60
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 5.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The American Midland Naturalist (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Division of Environmental Biology
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Keywords
- Microtus ochrogaster, home range overlap, pair bonding, male-female association, social behavior, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus montanus
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