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640

Overview

Michael H. Ferkin is affiliated with the University of Memphis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Psychology, and Environmental Science. Within these broader categories, Ferkin focuses on several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist's work centers on topics related to Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Plant and animal studies, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, and aspects of Rabbits such as nutrition, reproduction, and health.

Ferkin has contributed to multiple research papers published in several scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • Long-term repeatability and stability of three personality traits in meadow voles, 2020, Ethology
  • Sexual differences in responses of meadow voles to environmental cues in the presence of mink odor, 2022, Animal Cognition
  • Sex differences in olfactory social recognition memory in meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, 2020, Ethology
  • The effect of social odour context on the amount of time male meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, self-groom, 2020, Behaviour
  • Do male meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) always prefer and signal to 'popular' females? The role of social information context, 2022, Biology Letters

The frequent publication venues for Ferkin's work include:

  • Behaviour
  • Ethology
  • Animal Cognition
  • Biology Letters
  • Journal of Ethology

Throughout their career, Ferkin has collaborated with several researchers, notably:

  • Karl N. Rohrer
  • Ryan C. Scauzillo
  • Sarah S. Garris
  • Kelsey E. Clark
  • David M. Midlick

Michael H. Ferkin's expertise lies at the intersection of behavior, ecology, and neuroendocrine systems, focusing extensively on voles as model organisms to understand social and reproductive behaviors. The research outputs illustrate a consistent interest in how environmental and social factors influence animal behavior and physiology across multiple dimensions.

Best Publications

  • Male mammals respond to a risk of sperm competition conveyed by odours of conspecific males

    Javier delBarco-Trillo;Michael H. Ferkin

  • Attractiveness of scents varies with protein content of the diet in meadow voles

    M.H Ferkin;M.H Ferkin;E.S Sorokin;R.E Johnston;C.J Lee;C.J Lee

  • Meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, use multiple sources of scent for sex recognition

    Michael H. Ferkin;Robert E. Johnston

  • Conserved transcriptomic profiles underpin monogamy across vertebrates.

    Rebecca L. Young;Michael H. Ferkin;Nina F. Ockendon-Powell;Veronica N. Orr

  • Female voles discriminate males' over-marks and prefer top-scent males ☆

    Robert E Johnston;Evan S Sorokin;Michael H Ferkin;Michael H Ferkin

  • Meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, have the capacity to recall the “what”, “where”, and “when” of a single past event

    Michael H. Ferkin;Amy Combs;Javier delBarco-Trillo;Javier delBarco-Trillo;Andrew A. Pierce;Andrew A. Pierce

  • Odor preference and social behavior in meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus: seasonal differences

    Michael H. Ferkin;Joshua O. Seamon

  • The effect of familiarity on social interactions in meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus: a laboratory and field study

    Michael H. Ferkin

  • Attractiveness of male odors to females varies directly with plasma testosterone concentration in meadow voles.

    Michael H. Ferkin;Evan S. Sorokin;Michael W. Renfroe;Robert E. Johnston

  • Scent counter-marking by male meadow voles : Females prefer the top-scent male

    Robert E. Johnston;Evan S. Sorokin;Michael H. Ferkin

  • The Reproductive State of Female Voles Affects their Scent Marking Behavior and the Responses of Male Conspecifics to Such Marks

    M. H. Ferkin;D. N. Lee;S. T. Leonard

  • Meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, can distinguish more over-marks from fewer over-marks.

    Michael H. Ferkin;Andrew A. Pierce;Robert O. Sealand;Javier delBarco-Trillo

  • Seasonal control of odour preferences of meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) by photoperiod and ovarian hormones

    M. H. Ferkin;I. Zucker

  • Male meadow voles respond differently to risk and intensity of sperm competition

    Javier delBarco-Trillo;Michael H. Ferkin

  • Self-grooming as a sexually dimorphic communicative behaviour in meadow voles,Microtus pennsylvanicus

    Michael H. Ferkin;Michael H. Ferkin;Evan S. Sorokin;Robert E. Johnston

  • Roles of Gonadal Hormones in Control of Five Sexually Attractive Odors of Meadow Voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

    Michael H. Ferkin;Robert E. Johnston

  • Effects of pregnancy, lactation and postpartum oestrus on odour signals and the attraction to odours in female meadow voles,Microtus pennsylvanicus

    M.H. Ferkin;R.E. Johnston

  • Meadow Voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus, Arvicolidae) Over-mark and Adjacent-mark the Scent Marks of Same-sex Conspecifics

    Michael H. Ferkin

  • Meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) and prairie voles (M. ochrogaster) differ in their responses to over-marks from opposite- and same-sex conspecifics

    Raymond L. Woodward;Kim Bartos;Michael H. Ferkin

  • Perspectives on over-marking: is it good to be on top?

    Michael H. Ferkin;Andrew A. Pierce

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian C. Trainor
Brian C. Trainor University of California, Davis
Hans A. Hofmann
Hans A. Hofmann The University of Texas at Austin
Tamás Székely
Tamás Székely University of Bath
Kyle Summers
Kyle Summers East Carolina University
Randy J. Nelson
Randy J. Nelson West Virginia University

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