Meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, use multiple sources of scent for sex recognition
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Analysis of the amount of time used by long-photoperiod male and female meadow voles to examine scents from opposite- and same-sex conspecifics shows that voles employ five scent sources, namely faeces, anogenital area, posterolateral area, mouth and urine to differentiate the sex and reproductive state of conspecifics. Back, chest, head-neck-ear region and feet are other sources of scent that do not invoke sexual preferences and may not be sexually distinguishable. This implies that all chemical secretions do not contain sexual information and scents supporting sex preferences contain sexually specific data.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1995
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Self-grooming as a sexually dimorphic communicative behaviour in meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus
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Self-grooming may be used by male voles to increase their body odour in sexual contexts, and thus attract sexually active females. In male voles, self-grooming may provide a means for communicating scent to conspecifics. Self-grooming is influenced by the reproductive status of the female. Males increase self-grooming when exposed to scent from sexually active females. The reproductive status of the male has no influence on the grooming of females. The magnitude of self-grooming has a direct relation to the time spent by females in searching anogenital area scent in males.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1996
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The response of meadow voles to an over-mark in which the two donors differ in gonadal hormone status
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Gonadectamized meadow voles are either treated with gonadal steroid hormones, or not. Voles of the opposite sex are studied for their reaction to the scent over-marks from each group of gonadectamized voles. Bar graphs show the voles' reactions to the over-marks of gonadectamized voles.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2001
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