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SUBMITTER: Beery AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6371784 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hormones and behavior 20181217
Why do members of some species live in groups while others are solitary? Group living (sociality) has often been studied from an evolutionary perspective, but less is known about the neurobiology of affiliation outside the realms of mating and parenting. Colonial species offer a valuable opportunity to study nonsexual affiliative behavior between adult peers. Meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) display environmentally induced variation in social behavior, maintaining exclusive territories in ...[more]