Mechanisms and constraints underlying acoustic variation in rodents

M Fernández-Vargas, T Riede, B Pasch - Animal behaviour, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Rodents exhibit extreme variation in acoustic signal structure.•Intraspecific
acoustic variation is often overlooked.•Acoustic variation is associated with ontogenic, social …

Individualized social niches in animals: Theoretical clarifications and processes of niche change

MI Kaiser, J Gadau, S Kaiser, C Müller, SH Richter - BioScience, 2024 - academic.oup.com
What are social niches, and how do they arise and change? Our first goal in the present
article is to clarify the concept of an individualized social niche and to distinguish it from …

Two pup vocalization types are genetically and functionally separable in deer mice

N Jour**e, ML Woolfolk, JI Sanguinetti-Scheck… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Vocalization is a widespread social behavior in vertebrates that can affect fitness in the wild.
Although many vocal behaviors are highly conserved, heritable features of specific …

Rodent ultrasonic vocal interaction resolved with millimeter precision using hybrid beamforming

ML Sterling, R Teunisse, B Englitz - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) fulfill an important role in communication and navigation in
many species. Because of their social and affective significance, rodent USVs are …

An acute dose of intranasal oxytocin rapidly increases maternal communication and maintains maternal care in primiparous postpartum California mice

CD Guoynes, CA Marler - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Maternal-offspring communication and care are essential for offspring survival. Oxytocin
(OXT) is known for its role in initiation of maternal care, but whether OXT can rapidly …

The challenge hypothesis revisited: Focus on reproductive experience and neural mechanisms

CA Marler, BC Trainor - Hormones and behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Our review focuses on findings from mammals as part of a Special Issue “30th Anniversary
of the Challenge Hypothesis”. Here we put forth an integration of the mechanisms through …

[HTML][HTML] Neural correlates of social signaling in rodents: An acoustic perspective

DM Grijseels, A Lemazina, L López-Jury… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Rodents display diverse social behaviors.•Many social behaviors are supported
by acoustic communication.•Rodent studies are providing insights into the neural circuits …

Ultrasonic vocalization of pup and adult fat-tailed gerbils (Pachyuromys duprasi)

AS Zaytseva, IA Volodin, OG Ilchenko, EV Volodina - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) of laboratory rodents indicate animal emotional arousal and
may serve as models of human disorders. We analysed spectrographically USV calls of pup …

Division of labour in territorial defence and pup retrieval by pair-bonded California mice, Peromyscus californicus

NS Rieger, EH Stanton, CA Marler - Animal Behaviour, 2019 - Elsevier
Division of labour allows group-living species to efficiently complete tasks while minimizing
resource expenditure. This generally involves task allocation between individuals. In …

Testosterone pulses paired with a location induce a place preference to the nest of a monogamous mouse under field conditions

R Petric, M Kalcounis-Rueppell, CA Marler - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Changing social environments such as the birth of young or aggressive encounters present
a need to adjust behavior. Previous research examined how long-term changes in steroid …