The prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) is a small vole found in central North America. The vole has long, coarse grayish-brown fur on the upper portion...

microsatellite DNA. Male prairie voles with the longest DNA strings spend more time with their mates and pups than male prairie voles with shorter strings...

meadow voles than old fields). Peak eastern meadow vole abundance can exceed 1,482 eastern meadow voles per hectare (600/acre) in northern prairie wetlands...

alteration changed the mating behaviour of the prairie vole, turning a once promiscuous prairie vole, monogamous. The change in mating behaviour, while...

preference in the prairie vole compared to the montane vole which would explain why the prairie vole forms pair bonds and the montane vole does not. As noted...

ochrogaster or prairie vole indicate that the neuroendocrine hormones, oxytocin (in female prairie voles) and vasopressin (in male prairie voles) play a central...

The European water vole or northern water vole (Arvicola amphibius), is a semi-aquatic rodent. It is often informally called the water rat, though it...

male young disperse. The prairie vole is monogamous and forms a lifelong pair bond. Outside the breeding season, prairie voles live with others in small...

monogamy has been shown to increase fitness in prairie voles. It has been shown that female prairie voles live longer when paired with males in a social...

Guatemalan vole, M. guatemalensis Tarabundí vole, M. oaxacensis Woodland vole, M. pinetorum Jalapan pine vole, M. quasiater Subgenus Pedomys Prairie vole, M....