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We examined responses of adult male Mongolian gerbils to nest site and young during the hours preceding and days following birth of a litter. We found that (a) male at tendance at the nest site was markedly, reduced for several hour following the birth of pups, (b) this lack of contact by males with nest and pups did not result from active exclusion of males from the nest by their mates; (c) males lacking previous experience of pups, but not those familiar with pups, avoided contact with pups on the day of their birth, and (4) 3-day-old gerbil pups were attractive even to males encountering young for the first time. (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons

Adult. --- Biparental care. --- Birth. --- Contact. --- Early experience. --- Experience. --- Gerbil. --- Gerbils. --- Habituation. --- Infanticide. --- Male mongolian gerbils. --- Male. --- Males. --- Maternal-behavior. --- Meadow voles. --- Microtus-pinetorum. --- Mongolian gerbil. --- Mongolian gerbils. --- Mongolian-gerbil. --- Mother. --- Neonates. --- Nest. --- Parental behavior. --- Parental responses. --- Paternal behavior. --- Paternal care. --- Pup contact. --- Pups. --- Rats. --- Response. --- Responses. --- Rodents. --- Time. --- Young.