Dr. Nicholas Hobbs

Assistant Professor

Office: BHS 201F | Phone: (308) 865-1572 | Email: hobbsjn@unk.edu

Biography

Areas of Interest:

Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Sex Differences in the Brain and Behavior
Behavioral Ecology

Degrees:

B.S. (2004) - University of Kansas
PhD. (2012) - University of Memphis

Professional Affiliations:

Dissertation

Hobbs, N. J. 2012. Condition-dependent Effects on Proceptive Behaviors in Meadow Voles. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. 158 pp.

Publications

Hobbs, N. J., Swift-Gallant, A., Jordan, C. L. and Breedlove, S. M. 2017. Neurochemicals drawing the line between love and hate. Biological Psychiatry 81: 177-178.
Pfau, D. R., Hobbs, N. J., Breedlove, S. M. and Jordan, C. L. 2016. Sex and laterality differences in medial amygdala neurons and astrocytes of adult mice. Journal of Comparative Neurology 524: 2492-2502.
Ferkin, M. H. and Hobbs, N. J. 2014. Female meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, respond differently to the scent marks of multiple male conspecifics. Animal Cognition 17: 715-722.
Hobbs, N. J., Finger, A. and Ferkin, M. H. 2012. Effects of food availability on proceptivity: a test of the reproduction at all costs and metabolic fuels hypotheses. Behavioural Processes 91: 192-197.
Hobbs, N. J. and Ferkin, M. H. 2012. The response of male meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, to same- and mixed-sex over-marks depends on the reproductive state of the top- and bottom-female scent donors. Behaviour 149: 705-722.
Hobbs, N. J. and Ferkin, M. H. 2011. Effect of protein content of the diet on scent marking and over-marking behavior in meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus. Behaviour 148: 1027-1044.
Hobbs, N. J. and Ferkin, M. H. 2011. Dietary protein content affects the response of meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, to over-marks. Acta Ethologica 14:57-64.
Ferkin, M. H., Hobbs, N. J., Ferkin, B. D., Ferkin, A. C. and Ferkin, D. A. 2011. Male and female meadow voles Microtus pennsylvanicus respond differently to scent marks from the top-, middle-, and bottom-scent donors of an over-mark. Current Zoology 57:441-448.
Vlautin, C. T., Hobbs, N. J. and Ferkin, M. H. 2010. Male and female meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, differ in their responses to heterospecific/conspecific over-marks. Ethology 116:797-805.
Hobbs, N. J., Aven, A. M. and Ferkin, M. H. 2008. Self-grooming response of meadow voles to the odor of opposite-sex conspecifics in relation to the dietary protein content of both sexes. Ethology 114:1210-1217.