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Biological markets: supply and demand determine the effect of partner choice in cooperation,mutualism and mating 总被引:12,自引:0,他引:12
The formation of collaborating pairs by individuals belonging to two different classes occurs in the contexts of reproduction and intea-specific cooperation as well as of inter-specific mutualism. There is potential for partner choice and for competition for access to preferred partners in all three contexts. These selective forces have long been recognised as important in sexual selection, but their impact is not yet appreciated in cooperative and mutualistic systems. The formation of partnerships between members of different classes has much in common with the conclusion of trade agreements in human markets with two classes of traders, like producers and consumers, or employers and employees. Similar game-theoretical models can be used to predict the behaviour of rational traders in human markets and the evolutionarily stable strategies used in biological markets. We present a formal model in which the influence of the market mechanism on selection is made explicit. We restrict ourselves to biological markets in which: (1) Individuals do not compete over access to partners in an agonistic manner, but rather by outcompeting each other in those aspects that are preferred by the choosing party. (2) The commodity the partner has to offer cannot be obtained by the use of force, but requires the consent of the partner. These two restrictions ensure a dominant role for partner choice in the formation of partnerships. In a biological market model the decision to cooperate is based on the comparison between the offers of several potential partners, rather than on the behaviour of a single potential partner, as is implicitly assumed in currently accepted models of cooperation. In our example the members of one class A offer a commodity of fixed value in exchange for a commodity of variable value supplied by the other class, B. We show that when the B-class outnumbers the A-class sufficiently and the cost for the A-class to sample the offers of the B-class are low, the choosiness of the A-class will lead to selection for the supply of high value commodities by the B-class (Fig. 3a). Under the same market conditions, but with a high sampling cost this may still be the evolutionariy stable outcome, but another pair of strategies proves to be stable too: relaxed choosiness of class A coupled with low value commodities supplied by class B (Fig. 3b). We give a number of examples of mating, cooperative and mutualistic markets that resemble the low sampling cost situation depicted in Fig. 3a. 相似文献
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Bertrand Schatz Jean-Paul Lachaud Guy Beugnon 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1997,40(6):337-349
According to the weight and size of their prey, Ectatomma ruidum workers can employ different recruitment systems (solitary hunting, cooperative hunting and group hunting with recruitment)
when mastering and retrieving prey items from short distances from the nest. Prey size determined the backwards entry typically
adopted by this species, while prey weight determined the predatory strategy selected. After a common initial sequence (search
for prey, detection, localization), predatory sequences varied in terms of the type of approach, the site of seizure, the
reaction after stinging and the type of transport. Nevertheless, irrespective of prey weight and size, seizure was preferentially
oriented towards the head and prey were always stung. Short-range recruitment and mass recruitment without trail laying were
elicited by a large range of heavy prey (> 2.5 times the weight of an individual worker). According to the mortality risk
associated with each prey, hunters exhibited a “prudent” stinging posture associated with an increase in the duration of the
subsequent phase of waiting for prey immobilization. The overall time of capture was positively correlated with the weight
of the prey. When collective hunting strategies were involved, E. ruidum colonies matched the number of recruited hunters to the size and weight of the prey. Compared to solitary hunting strategies,
for short food–nest distances, this graded recruitment appeared to enhance the energetic benefits derived by this species
from the use of recruitment systems: the higher the number of workers involved in the recruitment process, the greater the
energetic benefits obtained. The exhibition or absence of trail laying behavior in the recruitment responses displayed by
E. ruidum workers is discussed in relation to their involvement in scavenging or predatory behavior.
Received: 27 June 1996 / Accepted after revision: 3 March 1997 相似文献
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In several ant species, colonies are founded by small groups of queens (pleometrosis), which coexist until the first workers eclose, after which all but one queen is killed. It has been hypothesized that, by producing a larger cohort of workers, cooperating queens may increase colony success during brood raids, a form of competition in which brood and workers from losing nests are absorbed into winning colonies. To test whether this benefit is sufficient to favor pleometrosis, newly mated queens of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta were assembled in groups of one, two, three, or four, reared in the laboratory until the first workers eclosed, then planted in the field in replicated assemblages. The proportion of colonies engaging in brood raids increased with average foundress number per nest and with colony density but was unaffected by variance in foundress number among interacting colonies. Within mixed assemblages of single-queen and multiple-queen colonies, queen number had no effect on the likelihood of engaging in raids or the probability of nest survival through the brood raiding period. However, following nearly 30% of raids, queens moved to new nests and displaced the resident queens. When queen relocation and subsequent mortality were accounted for, it was found that the survival of queens from four-queen groups was substantially higher than that of solitary queens. By contrast, the survival of queens from two-queen colonies was no greater than that of solitary queens. These results show that the competitive advantages of multiple-queen colonies are sufficient to counterbalance the increased mortality of queens within groups only when the number of foundresses is greater than two and when colonies are founded at high density. When colonies lose brood raids, the workers appear to abandon their mothers to join surviving colonies. However, in laboratory experiments, queens attempting to enter foreign nests were significantly more likely to displace the resident queen if their own daughters were present within the invaded nest. Thus, workers may be able to bias the probability that their mother rejoins them and displaces competing queens. 相似文献
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Sexual reproduction of the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita in relation to temperature and variable food supply 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The effects of food availability and temperature on sexual maturation and female reproductive output of the scyphomedusa
Aurelia aurita was examined in two populations from the contrasting environments of Southampton Water and Horsea Lake, England. Trends in
oogenesis and subsequent reproductive output differed markedly between the two populations. In Southampton Water, the onset
of sexual maturation occurred earliest in the larger medusae, but eventually all females became ripe, the smallest being 45 mm
bell diameter (BD). The decrease in minimum size at maturity was correlated with increasing temperature. In A. aurita from Horsea Lake, size at maturity varied on a seasonal basis, with the smallest ripe female being only 19 to 20 mm BD. There
were spring and autumn periods of sexual maturation in this population. During the autumn period, it is likely that food limitation
was playing a more critical role in determining medusa size, with decreasing temperature indirectly affecting A. aurita by limiting primary and secondary production. In similar-sized ripe medusae, fecundity was greater in Southampton Water,
but the planula larvae produced were significantly smaller than those in Horsea Lake. It is suggested that in Horsea Lake,
the quality of the larvae are greater in terms of biochemical content to ensure survival of the few gametes produced (i.e.
K-strategy). Comparison of the reproductive effort of the two A. aurita populations revealed that medusae from Southampton Water, which experience greater food availability, are able to direct
more energy to reproduction than Horsea Lake medusae. In the latter, A. aurita medusae appear to partition the available food resources into either somatic growth (and therefore increased future fecundity)
when food is abundant, or reproductive growth when food is scarce.
Received: 24 June 1997 / Accepted: 23 March 1998 相似文献
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Markus Metz Georg M. Klump Thomas W. P. Friedl 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2007,61(9):1369-1381
The red bishop (Euplectes orix) is a highly polygynous and colonial weaverbird. Males construct several nests within their territories to which they try
to attract females, and females are solely responsible for incubation and raising offspring. In this paper, we describe the
characteristics of the red bishop’s mating system as a biological market and investigate the role of nests built by males
as a traded commodity in a mating market. As timing of breeding in red bishops in arid and semi-arid zones depends on rainfall
patterns which are often unpredictable, there are temporal changes in demand for and supply of nests within a breeding season,
with breeding activities of males and females being highly synchronised. We found that males increased their nest-building
speed with increased female breeding activity independently of rainfall, indicating that supply follows demand in this mating
market. The supply of nests was always larger than the demand for nests. Construction costs for nests increased with demand
for nests as indicated by shorter nest-building duration and shorter building delays between two consecutively built nests
at times of high breeding activity. Males as a trading class are chosen according to the age of their nests offered, with
young nests having a higher probability of being accepted by females. Furthermore, female choosiness with regard to nest age
decreased when their own market value decreased, as predicted by biological market theory. The temporal changes of breeding
activity together with the female preference for young and fresh nests require that males quickly adjust nest-building activity
to varying female demand for new nests. However, males with a better adjustment of building speed to female breeding activity
did not gain higher mating success. 相似文献
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Summary. Oviposition site selection of herbivorous insects depends primarily on host plant presence which is essential for offspring
survival. However, parasitoids can exploit host plant cues for host location. In this study, we hypothesised that herbivores
can solve this dilemma by ovipositing within high plant diversity. A diverse plant species composition might represent an
‘infochemical shelter’, as a potentially complex volatile blend can negatively affect the host location ability of parasitoids.
We examined this exemplarily for the egg-laying response of the generalist leaf beetle, Galeruca tanaceti, in relation to (1) host plant availability and (2) plant species diversity in the field. Further, we investigated the effect
of odours from mixed plant species compositions on (3) leaf beetle oviposition site selection and on (4) the orientation of
its specialised egg parasitoid, Oomyzus galerucivorus. In the field, egg clutch occurrence was positively related to the presence and quantity of two major host plants, Achillea millefolium (yarrow) and Centaurea jacea, and to the number of herbaceous plant species. In two-choice bioassays, female beetles oviposited more frequently on sites
surrounded by an odour blend from a diverse plant species composition (including yarrow) than on sites with a pure grass odour
blend. In the presence of yarrow odour and an odour blend from a diverse plant mixture (including yarrow) no difference in
the oviposition response was recorded. Experienced parasitoid females were attracted to yarrow odours, but showed no response
when yarrow odours were offered simultaneously with odours of a non-host plant. In conclusion, it could be shown in laboratory
bioassays that the parasitoid responds only to pure host plant odours but not to complex odour blends. In contrast, the herbivore
prefers to oviposit within diverse vegetation in the field and in the laboratory. However, the laboratory results also point
to a priority of host plant availability over the selection of a potential ‘infochemical shelter’ for oviposition due to high
plant diversity. 相似文献
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Xim Cerdá Elena Angulo Raphaël Boulay Alain Lenoir 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2009,63(4):551-562
In social insects, the decision to exploit a food source is made both at the individual (e.g., a worker collecting a food
item) and colony level (e.g., several workers communicating the existence of a food patch). In group recruitment, the recruiter
lays a temporary chemical trail while returning from the food source to the nest and returns to the food guiding a small group
of nestmates. We studied how food characteristics influence the decision-making process of workers changing from individual
retrieving to group recruitment in the gypsy ant Aphaenogaster senilis. We offered field colonies three types of prey: crickets (cooperatively transportable), shrimps (non-transportable), and
different quantities of sesame seeds (individually transportable). Colonies used group recruitment to collect crickets and
shrimps, as well as seeds when they were available in large piles, while small seed piles rarely led to recruitment. Foragers
were able to “measure” food characteristics (quality, quantity, transportability), deciding whether or not to recruit, accordingly.
Social integration of individual information about food emerged as a colony decision to initiate or to continue recruitment
when the food patch was rich. In addition, group recruitment allowed a fast colony response over a wide thermal range (up
to 45°C ground temperature). Therefore, by combining both advantages of social foraging (group recruitment) and thermal tolerance,
A. senilis accurately exploited different types of food sources which procured an advantage against mass-recruiting and behaviorally
dominant species such as Tapinoma nigerrimum and Lasius niger. 相似文献
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Incest avoidance,fluctuating asymmetry,and the consequences of inbreeding in Iridomyrmex humilis,an ant with multiple queen colonies 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Summary Inbreeding may have important consequences for the genetic structure of social insects and thus for sex ratios and the evolution of sociality and multiple queen (polygynous) colonies. The influence of kinship on mating preferences was investigated in a polygynous ant species, Iridomyrmex humilis, which has within-nest mating. When females were presented simultaneously with a brother that had been reared in the same colony until the pupal stage and an unrelated male produced in another colony, females mated preferentially with the unrelated male. The role of environmental colony-derived cues was tested in a second experiment where females were presented with two unrelated males, one of which had been reared in the same colony until the pupal stage (i.e., as in the previous experiment), while the other had been produced in another colony. In this experiment there was no preferential mating with familiar or unfamiliar males, suggesting that colony-derived cues might not be important in mating preferences. Inbreeding was shown to have no strong effect on the reproductive output of queens as measured by the number of worker and sexual pupae produced. The level of fluctuating asymmetry of workers produced by inbreeding queens was not significantly higher than that of non-inbreeding queens. Finally, colonies headed by inbreeding queens did not produce adult diploid males. Based on the current hypotheses of sex-determination the most plausible explanations for the absence of diploid-male-producing colonies are that (i) workers recognized and eliminated these males early in their development, and/or (ii) there are multiple sex-determining loci in this species. It is suggested that even if inbreeding effects on colony productivity are absent or low, incest avoidance mechanisms may have evolved and been maintained if inbreeding queens produce a higher proportion of unviable offspring.
Correspondence to: L. Keller at the present address 相似文献
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In the present study different doses (0.05, 2.0 and 5.0?mg per 30?ml nutrient medium) of nano-powder (Azadirachta indica leaves) were applied in Cd contaminated (6?ppm) hydroponic system to regulate the metal uptake in Triticum aestivum (wheat) seedlings. Other physiological attributes including oxidative biomarkers, antioxidants and photosynthetic responses were also assessed. The level of Cd was maximally reduced at the dose of 2.0?mg nano powder per 30?ml nutrient medium by 45 and 49% in the shoot and root, respectively. With the maximum reduction in the Cd uptake at this dose, the generation of oxidative stress markers such as H2O2 (12%), MDA (26%) and SOR (20%) content showed maximum reduction in treated seedlings. At different doses of nano-powder, the activities of antioxidative enzymes were also showed significant variation. Further, the photosynthetic O2 evolution rate was improved with the treatment of nano-powder and the best response was noted at 2.0?mg per 30?ml nutrient medium with the maximum value of fresh shoot biomass (38%). The overall results suggest that, this technique could be easily applied for reducing the metal content and increasing the quality of agricultural crops. 相似文献
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Philip D. Doherty Benoit C. Atsango Gaston Ngassiki Appolinaire Ngouembe Nathalie Bréheret Eva Chauvet Brendan J. Godley Lucie Machin Baudelaire Dissondet Moundzoho Richard J. Parnell Kristian Metcalfe 《Conservation biology》2021,35(5):1463-1472
Illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing poses a major threat to effective management of marine resources, affecting biodiversity and communities dependent on these coastal resources. Spatiotemporal patterns of industrial fisheries in developing countries are often poorly understood, and global efforts to describe spatial patterns of fishing vessel activity are currently based on automatic identification system (AIS) data. However, AIS is often not a legal requirement on fishing vessels, likely resulting in underestimates of the scale and distribution of legal and illegal fishing activity, which could have significant ramifications for targeted enforcement efforts and the management of fisheries resources. To help address this knowledge gap, we analyzed 3 years of vessel monitoring system (VMS) data in partnership with the national fisheries department in the Republic of the Congo to describe the behavior of national and distant-water industrial fleets operating in these waters. We found that the spatial footprint of the industrial fisheries fleet encompassed over one-quarter of the Exclusive Economic Zone. On average, 73% of fishing activity took place on the continental shelf (waters shallower than 200 m). Our findings highlight that VMS is not acting as a deterrent or being effectively used as a proactive management tool. As much as 33% (13% on average) of fishing effort occurred in prohibited areas set aside to protect biodiversity, including artisanal fisheries resources, and the distant-water fleet responsible for as much as 84% of this illegal activity. Given the growth in industrial and distant-water fleets across the region, as well as low levels of management and enforcement, these findings highlight that there is an urgent need for the global community to help strengthen regional and national capacity to analyze national scale data sets if efforts to combat IUU fishing are to be effective. 相似文献
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T. Chouvelon L. Violamer A. Dessier P. Bustamante F. Mornet C. Pignon-Mussaud C. Dupuy 《Marine Biology》2015,162(1):15-37
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Kylie Lingard 《国际发展与全球生态学杂志》2016,23(2):174-185
There are complex connections between Australia’s native plants and first peoples, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The maintenance of these connections is central to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and well-being and the tangible realisation of Australian policy commitments. Diverse cultural connections combine with other motivations to underpin an array of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander interests in the commercial development of traditional plant foods (‘bush foods’). Despite nation-wide policy support for these interests, there is no national legal framework to support them. This fortifies the popular call for a new (sui generis) law that transforms the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples into enforceable legal rights. It is unclear the extent to which a single sui generis law might help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples realise their diverse interests in the development of gourmet bush food products and new bush food varieties. It is also unlikely that Australia will implement such a law in the near future. This paper offers a preliminary study of the capacity of current legal structures to support some key Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander interests that might arise in these two development contexts. The study can inform the future development of practical legal strategies to support the diverse interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the bush food industry. 相似文献
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It is unclear whether stingless bees in the genus Melipona (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) can reliably encode the distance to a food source through recruitment sounds produced inside the nest, in part because the sound features correlated with distance also vary with food quality. We therefore trained marked foragers of two species, Melipona mandacaia and M. bicolor, to feeders at different distances and to different sucrose concentrations at the same distance. In both species, foragers successfully recruited to a rich 2.5-m food source and produced pulsed recruitment sounds in which pulse duration was significantly and positively correlated with distance to the rich food source. When returning from poorer food sources (0.6–1.5 m), foragers of both species decreased sound production, producing shorter sound pulses and longer sound interpulses than they did for 2.5 m food located at the same distance. Thus the temporal structure of M. mandacaia and M. bicolor recruitment sounds varies with distance and food quality. However, nestmates were not recruited by performances for poorer food sources (0.6–1.5 m), whose sucrose concentration was sufficiently low to affect recruitment sounds. Surprisingly, the interphase (the time between behavioral phases that communicate location) also increases with decreasing food quality in the closely related honeybees (Apis), suggesting a potential homology in the effect of food quality on the recruitment systems of Apis and Melipona. We explore the evolutionary implications of these similarities.Communicated by M. Giurfa 相似文献
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Michela Marchi Sven Erik JørgensenEloy Bécares Ilaria CorsiNadia Marchettini Simone Bastianoni 《Ecological modelling》2011,222(16):2992-3001
Using a dynamic model of Lake Chozas developed by Marchi et al. (2011), we tested three hypotheses about recovery of the indigenous community and water quality after radical changes caused by introduction of an invasive allochthonous crayfish, Procambarus clarkii:
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- Can the lake resist the pressure of an invasive species, like P. clarkii, by adaptation?
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- Can the ecosystem recover when all the crayfish are removed and low phosphorus concentrations persist in inflow water?
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- Does the simulated recovery of submerged vegetation occur at a total phosphorus concentration below 100 mg TP m−3, as estimated by Scheffer et al. (1993), Scheffer (1997), Jeppesen et al. (1998) and Zhang et al. (2003)?
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- Lake Chozas can at least partly resist by adaptation. A combination of possible parameter changes could lead to a significant increase in eco-exergy.
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- Removal of the phosphorus represented by crayfish (by harvesting) implies complete recovery of the lake and its eco-exergy, albeit not necessarily with the same organisms having the same properties.
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- The expected hysteresis created by introduction and harvesting of crayfish is observed under the following conditions: phytoplankton dominance at total phosphorus ≥ about 200-250 mg TP m−3 and submerged vegetation returns at total phosphorus < 100 mg TP m−3.
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Rindy C. Anderson Stephen Nowicki William A. Searcy 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2007,61(8):1267-1274
Low-amplitude “soft song” is used by a variety of songbirds; in some species during aggressive encounters, in others during
courtship, and yet others in both these contexts. In song sparrows (Melospiza melodia), soft song has thus far been observed only in aggressive encounters, where its production is a more reliable predictor of
attack than any other signaling behavior. We used song playback to test the response of both male and female song sparrows
to soft song. The design of the playback experiments took into account the existence of two classes of soft song: crystallized
soft song, which consists of song types also found in the broadcast repertoire, and warbled soft song, which consists of less-structured
song types not found in the broadcast repertoire. Female song sparrows responded with significantly less courtship display
to the playback of crystallized soft song than to that of normal broadcast song, and response to warbled soft song was if
anything lower than to that of crystallized soft song. Male song sparrows responded equally aggressively to normal broadcast
song as to crystallized soft song, and equally aggressively to warbled soft song as to crystallized soft song. The female
results support the conclusion that neither form of soft song functions in courtship. The male results suggest that the reliability
of soft song as a signal of aggressive intent is not maintained by a receiver retaliation rule. 相似文献
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Conservation Planning in Forest Landscapes of Fennoscandia and an Approach to the Challenge of Countdown 2010 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
G. MIKUSISKI R. L. PRESSEY† L. EDENIUS‡ H. KUJALA§ A. MOILANEN§ J. NIEMELħ T. RANIUS†† 《Conservation biology》2007,21(6):1445-1454
Abstract: Effective management of biodiversity in production landscapes requires a conservation approach that acknowledges the complexity of ecological and cultural systems in time and space. Fennoscandia has experienced major loss of forest biodiversity caused by intensive forestry. Therefore, the Countdown 2010 initiative to halt the loss of biodiversity in Europe is highly relevant to forest management in this part of the continent. As a contribution to meeting the challenge posed by Countdown 2010, we developed a spatially explicit conservation-planning exercise that used regional knowledge on forest biodiversity to provide support for managers attempting to halt further loss of biological diversity in the region. We used current data on the distribution of 169 species (including 68 red-listed species) representing different forest habitats and ecologies along with forest data within the frame of modern conservation software to devise a map of priority areas for conservation. The top 10% of priority areas contained over 75% of red-listed species locations and 41% of existing protected forest areas, but only 58% of these top priorities overlapped with core areas identified previously in a regional strategy that used more qualitative methods. We argue for aggregating present and future habitat value of single management units to landscape and regional scales to identify potential bottlenecks in habitat availability linked to landscape dynamics. To address the challenge of Countdown 2010, a general framework for forest conservation planning in Fennoscandia needs to cover different conservation issues, tools, and data needs. 相似文献
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Fang Zhang Hao Zhang Ying Yuan Dun Liu Chenyu Zhu Di Zheng Guanghe Li Yuquan Wei Dan Sun 《Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering》2020,14(2):28
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Jiunn-Wang Liao Shih-Chieh Chang Chia-Ni Lee Fu-An Chen Shun-Cheng Wang Shao-Kuang Chang 《毒物与环境化学》2013,95(4):715-724
Cartap is an insecticide known to produce contraction and damage to mouse and rabbit diaphragms, and plays a pivotal role in respiratory paralysis and mortality in rabbits. The aim of this study was conducted to screen for the toxic properties and blood concentrations of commercialized cartap products in New Zealand White (NZW) rabbits. Five granular formulations (GRs) with different concentrations (4, 6, 6.5, 6.66 or 10%) and seven water-soluble powders (SPs, 50%) of commercialized cartap products were chosen to study toxicity following ocular instillation. Furthermore, ocular instillation (5, 12.5, 25 or 50 mg kg?1) and oral administration (25 mg kg?1) of the technical material (TC) cartap was also performed to compare blood concentration changes in rabbits. There was no death or eye irritation with all GR products; however, soluble powder (SP) products produced severe toxicity and mortality in rabbits. The blood concentration of TC cartap in rabbits started to increase from 2 min and reached peak levels at 7–9 min after ocular instillation in a dose-related pattern. For comparison of the blood distribution of cartap via different administration routes, oral exposure exhibited a higher absorption of cartap than ocular instillation. It was suggested that the commercialized GR products of cartap were safe but 50% SP products were highly toxic to rabbits following ocular exposure. This study provides valuable data to screen for potential acute toxicity of cartap to farmers and animals in the field. 相似文献
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