Social, but not photoperiodic, influences on reproductive function in male Peromyscus aztecus

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 385-389

  Demas, Gregory E ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICETIDAE; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PEROMYSCUS; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS AZTECUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031933966     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.2.385     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Bronson FH, Heideman PD. Seasonal regulation of reproduction in mammals. In: Knobil E, Neill JD (eds.), The Physiology of Reproduction, vol. 2, 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press; 1994: 541-584.
2. Bartness TJ, Goldman BD. Mammalian pineal melatonin: a clock for all seasons. Experientia 1989; 45:939-945.
3. Bronson FH. Mammalian Reproductive Biology. New York: University of Chicago Press; 1989.
4. Lynch GR, Heath HM, Johnston CM. Effect of geographic origin on the photoperiodic control of reproduction in the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus. Biol Reprod 1981; 25:475-480.
5. McGuckin MA, Blackshaw AW. Effects of photoperiod on the reproductive physiology of male flying foxes, Pteropus poliocephalus. Reprod Fertil Dev 1992; 4:43-53.
6. Rissman EF, Nelson RJ, Blank JL, Bronson FH. Reproductive response of a tropical mammal, the musk shrew (Suncus murinus), to photoperiod. J Reprod Fertil 1987; 81:563-566.
7. Sicard B, Maurel D, Fuminier F, Boissin J. Circadian rhythm of photosensitivity and the adaptation of reproductive function to the environment in two populations of Arvicanthis niloticus from Mali and Burkina Faso. J Reprod Fertil 1992; 95:159-165.
8. Van Horn RN. Primitive breeding season: photoperiodic regulation in captive Lemur catta. Folia Primatol 1975; 24:203-220.
9. Heideman PD, Bronson FH. A pseudoseasonal reproductive strategy in a tropical rodent, Peromyscus nudipes. J Reprod Fertil 1992; 95: 57-67.
10. Heideman PD, Bronson FH. Photoperiod, melatonin secretion, and sexual maturation in a tropical rodent. Biol Reprod 1990; 43:745-750.
11. Carlson LL, Zimmerman A, Lynch GR. Geographic differences for delay of sexual maturation in Peromyscus leucopus: effects of photoperiod, pinealectomy, and melatonin. Biol Reprod 1989; 41:1004-1013.
12. Desjardins C, Lopez MJ. In: Steinberger A, Steinberger E (eds.), Sensory and Nonsensory Modulation of Testis Function. New York: Raven Press; 1980: 381-388.
13. McCabe TT, Blanchard BD. Three Species of Peromyscus. Santa Barbara, CA: Rood Associates; 1950.
14. Nelson RJ, Gubernick DJ, Blom JMC. Influence of photoperiod, green food, and water availability on reproduction in male California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Physiol Behav 1995; 57:1175-1180.
15. Baker RH. Habitats and distribution. Biology of Peromyscus (Rodentia). Stillwater, OK: American Society of Mammalogists; 1968: 98-126.
16. Osgood WH. Revision of the mice of the genus Peromyscus. N Am Fauna 1909; 28:1-285.
17. Findley JS. The Natural History of New Mexican Mammals. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press; 1987: 214-218.
18. Alvarez T. Taxonomic status of some mice of the Peromyscus boylii group in eastern Mexico, with description of a new subspecies. Univ Kans Mus Nat Hist 1961; 14:111-120.
19. Carelton MD. Taxonomic status and relationships of Peromyscus boylii from El Salvador. J Mammal 1979; 60:280-296.
20. Musser GG. Notes on Peromyscus (Muridae) of Mexico and Central America. Am Mus Novit 1969; 2357:1-23.
21. Desjardins C, Lopez MJ. Environmental cues evoke differential responses in pituitary-testicular function in deer mice. Endocrinology 1983; 112:1398-1406.
22. Nelson RJ, Desjardins C. Water availability affects reproduction in deer mice. Biol Reprod 1987; 37:257-260.
23. Bernard RTF, Hall J. Failure of the estrous cycle and spermatogenesis to respond to day length in a subtropical African rodent, the pouched mouse (Saccostomus campestris). Biol Reprod 1995; 52:1291-1295.
24. Gorman MR, Freeman DA, Zucker I. Photoperiodism in hamsters: abrupt versus gradual changes in day length differentially entrain morning and evening circadian oscillators. J Biol Rhythms 1997; 12: 122-135.
25. Desjardins C, Bronson FH, Blank JL. Genetic selection for reproductive photoresponsiveness in deer mice. Nature 1986; 322:172-173.
26. Bronson FH. Mammalian reproduction: an ecological perspective. Biol Reprod 1985; 32:1-26.
27. Whitsett JM, Lawton AD. Social stimulation of reproductive development in male deer mice housed on a short-day photoperiod. J Comp Physiol Psychol 1982; 96:416-422.
28. Breed WG. Environmental factors and reproduction in the female hopping mouse, Notomys alexis. J Reprod Fertil 1975; 2:273-281.
29. Vandenbergh JG. Reproductive coordination of the golden hamster: female influences on the male. Horm Behav 1977; 9:264-275.
30. Moffatt CA, DeVries AC, Nelson RJ. Winter adaptations of male deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) that vary in reproductive responsiveness to photoperiod. J Biol Rhythms 1993; 8:221-232.
31. Carter CS, Getz LL, Cohen-Parsons M. Relationships between social organization and behavioral endocrinology in a monogamous mammal. Adv Study Behav 1989; 16:109-145.
32. Getz LL, McGuire B, Hofmann J, Pizzuto T, Frase B. Social organizations and mating system of the prairie vole, Michrotus ochrogaster. In: Tamarin RH, Ostfeld RS, Pugh SR, Bujalska G (eds.), Social Systems and Population Cycles in Voles. Boston: Birkhauser Verlag; 1990: 69-80.
33. DeVries AC, DeVries MB, Taymans S, Carter CS. Modulation of pair bonding in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) by corticosterone. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1995; 92:7744-7748.
34. Lee AK, McDonald IR. Stress and population regulation in small mammals. Oxf Rev Reprod Biol 1985; 7:261-304.
35. Terman CR. Studies of natural populations of white-footed mice: reduction of reproduction at varying degrees. J Mammal 1993; 74:678-668.