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Rodičovské chování a jeho vztah k sociálnímu a reprodukčnímu systému u hrabošů \kur{(Microtus, Arvicolinae)} / Parental behaviour and its relationship to social and reproductive system in voles \kur{(Microtus, Arvicolinae)}

I examined parental behaviour of three vole species, the brandt{\crq}s vole (Microtus brandti), the common vole (M. arvalis) and the levant vole (M. guentheri) in laboratory conditions. Monogamous and highly social Brandt{\crq}s voles displayed high levels of parental and paternal care. However, mostly promiscuous and solitary common voles also exhibited an intensive parental care. In contrast, polygynous and social levant voles displayed very low levels of parental care. Males of both latter species engaged in parental activities but spent less time in contact with pups then females. These findings suggest that intensive parental care may be connected rather with the high growth rate a slower postnatal development of the species than with social or reproductive system.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:52558
Date January 2010
CreatorsELIÁŠOVÁ, Michaela
Source SetsCzech ETDs
LanguageCzech
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

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