Neither testosterone levels nor aggression decrease when the male Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) displays paternal behavior

Luis, Juana; Bárbara, Vázquez-Gaytán; Martı́nez-Torres, Martı́n; Carmona, Agustín; Guillermo, Ramos-Blancas; Ortiz, Guadalupe

doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.12.007

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“…In mammals that pair bond, including humans, baseline circulating T levels are commonly reduced in response to bond establishment or the birth of offspring (Burnham et al, 2003;Nunes et al, 2000;Reburn and Wynne Edwards, 1999; van Anders and Watson, 2007b), suggesting that lowered T facilitates increased paternal behavior and reduced mating effort outside the pair bond. However, a recent body of research suggests that the role of T in the transition to pairing and fatherhood is more nuanced, with fathers showing adaptive short term increases of T that positively contribute to paternal care (Juana et al, 2010;Luis et al, 2009;Neff and Knapp, 2009;Pradhan et al, 2014;Reburn and Wynne-Edwards, 1999;Stiver and Alonzo, 2009;Trainor and Marler, 2002;Ziegler and Snowdon, 2000; reviewed by Hau, 2007;Marler, Bester-Meredith, and Trainor, 2003). Similarly, chronic baseline T levels may be insufficient to fully capture the role of T in mate fidelity.…”

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Male fidelity expressed through rapid testosterone suppression of ultrasonic vocalizations to novel females in the monogamous California mouse

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Fuxjager

Kalcounis‐Rueppell

et al. 2015

Hormones and Behavior

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Male fidelity expressed through rapid testosterone suppression of ultrasonic vocalizations to novel females in the monogamous California mouse

Pultorak

Fuxjager

Kalcounis‐Rueppell

et al. 2015

Hormones and Behavior

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“…Accumulating evidence demonstrates diverse situations in which T is positively associated with paternal effort (e.g. Dwarf hamster ( Phodopus campbelli ): Reburn and Wynne-Edwards, 1999; cotton-top tamarins ( Saguinus oedipus): Ziegler and Snowdon, 2000; Verreaux’s sifaka ( Propitecus verreauxi ): Brockmann et al, 2001; California mouse ( Peromyscus californicus ): Train or and Marler, 2001; red fronted lemur ( Eulemur fulvus rufus ): Ostner et al, 2008; ursine colobus ( C olobus vellerosus ): Teichroeb and Sicotte, 2008; Mongolian gerbil ( Meriones unguiculatus ): Juana et al, 2010; Barn swallow ( Hirundo rustica erythrogaster ):Eikenaar et al, 2011). For instance, high T levels are not incompatible with parental care if those elevated levels coincide with paternal aggression in defense of the offspring (e.g.…”

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“…For instance, high T levels are not incompatible with parental care if those elevated levels coincide with paternal aggression in defense of the offspring (e.g. Reburn and Wynne-Edwards, 1999; Ziegler and Snowdon, 2000; Brockmann et al, 2001; Ostner et al, 2008; Teichroeb and Sicotte, 2008; Juana et al, 2010). More generally, the extent to which T is negatively associated with paternal care may depend on the nature of the care that is provided (e.g., providing indirect care may be more compatible with high T than providing direct care; see discussions in Gray 2011, Gettler et al 2011, Muller et al 2009, Gray and Campbell 2009).…”

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Testosterone positively associated with both male mating effort and paternal behavior in savanna baboons (Papio cynocephalus)

Onyango

Gesquiere

Altmann

et al. 2013

Hormones and Behavior

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Testosterone (T) is often positively associated with male sexual behavior and negatively associated with paternal care. These associations have primarily been demonstrated in species where investment in paternal care begins well after mating activity is complete, when offspring are hatched or born. Different patterns may emerge in studies of species where investment in mating and paternal care overlap temporally, for instance in non-seasonal breeders in which males mate with multiple females sequentially and may simultaneously have multiple offspring of different ages. In a 9-year data set on levels of T in male baboons, fecal concentrations of T (fT) were positively associated with both mate guarding (“consortship”) – a measure of current reproductive activity – and with the number of immature offspring a male had in his social group – a measure of past reproductive activity and an indicator of likely paternal behavior. To further examine the relationship between T and potential paternal behavior, we next drew on an intensive 8-month study of male behavior, and found that fathers were more likely to be in close proximity to their offspring than expected by chance. Because male baboons are known to provide paternal care, and because time in proximity to offspring would facilitate such care, this suggests that T concentrations in wild male baboons may be associated with both current reproductive activity and with current paternal behavior. These results are consistent with the predicted positive association between T a mating effort but not nd with a negative association between T a paternal care; in male baboons, high levels of nd T occur in males that are differentially associating with their offspring.

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“…; Juana et al. ) and negatively linked (Wingfield ; Ketterson & Nolan ; Brown et al. ; Reburn & Wynne‐Edwards ) to paternal behavior.…”

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A positive Link Between Male Testosterone and Spacing Behavior in Pair‐Bonded California Mice

Gleason

Marler

2012

Ethology

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The effects of testosterone (T) on male sexual behavior are well established, but its roles in several associated social behaviors such as pair‐bonding and paternal behavior are diverse. Recently, we reported that male T in response to pairing with a female predicts future paternal behavior in the monogamous and biparental California mouse (Peromyscus californicus). Here, we examined whether T in response to pairing is also associated with spacing behavior between mates under laboratory conditions and if these behavioral patterns are continued during pup care. Pairs of California mice were observed throughout their pair bond before and again after pups were born. We found that males with higher T post‐pairing remained closer to their mates in the weeks before pups were born, and pairs with higher proximity measures during the pair bond spent more time caring for pups together. Overall, these results suggest a similar mechanism for spacing behavior across distinct phases of the pair bond.

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Neither testosterone levels nor aggression decrease when the male Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) displays paternal behavior

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References 29 publications

Male fidelity expressed through rapid testosterone suppression of ultrasonic vocalizations to novel females in the monogamous California mouse

Male fidelity expressed through rapid testosterone suppression of ultrasonic vocalizations to novel females in the monogamous California mouse

Testosterone positively associated with both male mating effort and paternal behavior in savanna baboons (Papio cynocephalus)

A positive Link Between Male Testosterone and Spacing Behavior in Pair‐Bonded California Mice

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