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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2004, Vol. ›› Issue (7): 1194-1196.

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Influence of male surgical sterilization on social behavior of brandt's vole

ZHANG Jianjun1,2, ZHANG Zhibin1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China;
    2. Department of Pesticide and Plant Protection, Collage of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
  • Received:2003-03-07 Revised:2003-06-30 Online:2004-07-15

Abstract: Using the method of surgical sterilization,this paper studied the influence of sterilized male on the social behavior of Brandt's vole.The results showed that there was no significant difference in the frequency of amicable and agnostic behaviors between male surgical sterilization group and control,and between intact and sterilized males in the same group.It could be concluded that male surgical sterilization had no influence on the social behavior of Brandt's vole.

Key words: Microtus brandti, Male surgical sterilization, Amicable behavior, Agnostic behavior

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