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Soil and preen waxes influence the expression of carotenoid-based plumage coloration 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
The signaling function of carotenoid-based plumage is mainly determined by the concentration of pigments in feathers. For
this reason, most studies of the proximate control of coloration focus on processes during and preceding moult. In great tits
Parus major, past research demonstrates that carotenoid-based plumage coloration honestly indicates male quality and, thus, may be a
sexually selected signal. In this study, we investigate how dirt and preen oil influence the coloration of carotenoid-based
feathers in the great tit. We collected six feathers from each individual bird; three feathers served as controls while the
remaining three feathers were washed with a chloroform/methanol mixture to remove soil and preen waxes. We assessed plumage
coloration using digital photography. This cleaning procedure slightly enhanced ornamentation; the experimentally cleaned
feathers expressed hues shifted towards shorter wavelengths and expressed brighter overall coloration than control feathers.
This is the first experimental study conducted on wild birds demonstrating that, in addition to pigment concentration, the
presence of preen waxes and soils on feathers may contribute to variation in coloration. 相似文献
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Nowakowski Piotr Wala Mariusz 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2023,30(4):8809-8821
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) can be produced from combustible materials contained in municipal waste. This article investigates energy and material flow... 相似文献
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We documented valley and channel characteristics and wood loads in 19 reaches of forested headwater mountain streams in the
Bighorn National Forest of northern Wyoming. Ten of these reaches were in the Upper Tongue River watershed, which has a history
of management including timber harvest, tie floating, and road construction. Nine reaches were in the North Rock Creek watershed,
which has little history of management activities. We used these data to test hypotheses that (i) valley geometry correlates
with wood load, (ii) stream gradient correlates with wood load, and (iii) wood loads are significantly lower in managed watersheds
than in otherwise similar unmanaged watersheds. Statistical analyses of the data support the first and third hypotheses. Stream
reaches with steeper valley side slopes tend to have higher wood loads, and reaches in managed watersheds tend to have lower
wood loads than reaches in unmanaged watersheds. Results do not support the second hypothesis. Shear stress correlated more
strongly with wood load than did stream gradient, but statistical models with valley-scale variables had greater explanatory
power than statistical models with channel-scale variables. Wood loads in stream reaches within managed watersheds in the
Bighorn National Forest tend to be two to three times lower than wood loads in unmanaged watersheds. 相似文献
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A. Justin Nowakowski James I. Watling Steven M. Whitfield Brian D. Todd David J. Kurz Maureen A. Donnelly 《Conservation biology》2017,31(1):96-105
Land‐cover and climate change are both expected to alter species distributions and contribute to future biodiversity loss. However, the combined effects of land‐cover and climate change on assemblages, especially at the landscape scale, remain understudied. Lowland tropical amphibians may be particularly susceptible to changes in land cover and climate warming because many species have narrow thermal safety margins resulting from air and body temperatures that are close to their critical thermal maxima (CTmax). We examined how changing thermal landscapes may alter the area of thermally suitable habitat (TSH) for tropical amphibians. We measured microclimates in 6 land‐cover types and CTmax of 16 frog species in lowland northeastern Costa Rica. We used a biophysical model to estimate core body temperatures of frogs exposed to habitat‐specific microclimates while accounting for evaporative cooling and behavior. Thermally suitable habitat area was estimated as the portion of the landscape where species CTmax exceeded their habitat‐specific maximum body temperatures. We projected changes in TSH area 80 years into the future as a function of land‐cover change only, climate change only, and combinations of land‐cover and climate‐change scenarios representing low and moderate rates of change. Projected decreases in TSH area ranged from 16% under low emissions and reduced forest loss to 30% under moderate emissions and business‐as‐usual land‐cover change. Under a moderate emissions scenario (A1B), climate change alone contributed to 1.7‐ to 4.5‐fold greater losses in TSH area than land‐cover change only, suggesting that future decreases in TSH from climate change may outpace structural habitat loss. Forest‐restricted species had lower mean CTmax than species that occurred in altered habitats, indicating that thermal tolerances will likely shape assemblages in changing thermal landscapes. In the face of ongoing land‐cover and climate change, it will be critical to consider changing thermal landscapes in strategies to conserve ectotherm species. 相似文献
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