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Adaptive behavioral plasticity allows animals to modify their behavior in accord with fluctuating environmental conditions. Reversible alternative mating tactics are one such type of plasticity that allow individuals to optimize reproduction through selecting one of multiple behavioral options within an overarching set of rules. As social context is one of the most dynamic facets of the environment an animal experiences, we hypothesize that social cues could be relevant environmental triggers for adopting or switching mating tactics. We monitored three populations of socially monogamous prairie voles in semi-natural field enclosures to investigate whether males adaptively alter their behavior using social information regarding availability and risk of extra-pair mating opportunities. We used a passive monitoring system to record spatial and temporal co-occurrence, which can be used in social network analyses to identify patterns of association between individuals. I will discuss my preliminary findings and future directions to better address questions concerning possible influences on mating tactics in prairie voles.