Conspecific odor preferences in Montane voles (Microtus montanus): effects of sexual experience.
Sexually naive male and female montane voles (Microtus montanus) were tested in a two-choice odor preference situation. Females, but not males, spent more time investigating bedding soiled by a conspecific of the other sex than clean, unsoiled bedding. Both naive females and males spent more time near male-soiled rather than female-soiled bedding. Males with extensive monogamous sexual experience exhibited a preference for female-soiled bedding when the comparison stimulus was clean bedding but no preference when the comparison was with male-soiled bedding.
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Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington 28403.
Dewsbury
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D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000502:physiology*; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000502:physiology*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*; D012931:Social Environment
D012724:Sex Attractants