排序方式: 共有8条查询结果,搜索用时 93 毫秒
1
1.
Contradictory findings in studies of sex ratio variation in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
A. J. Mark Hewison Reidar Andersen Jean-Michel Gaillard John D. C. Linnell Daniel Delorme 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1999,45(5):339-348
Patterns of sex ratio variation and maternal investment reported in the literature are often inconsistent. This could be
due to intra- and inter-specific variation in social systems, but may also be a result of the a posteriori nature of much
of this type of analysis or the testing of models which are inappropriate. Two recent papers reported directly opposed results
concerning variation in offspring sex ratios in relation to maternal condition in roe deer, interpreting the results as support
for the Trivers and Willard model and for the local resource competition hypothesis, respectively. In this paper, we present
data on offspring sex ratios and early juvenile body weight from two long-term studies of this species to test predictions
arising from these two models concerning sex biases in litter composition and maternal care. First, we observed no consistent
pattern of sex differences in an index of weaning weight or body weight at 1 month old in either population, indicating a
lack of sex bias in maternal care. However, in one population, higher maternal body weight was associated with higher juvenile
body weight of daughters, but not of sons. Secondly, we found a negative, but not statistically significant, relationship
between maternal body weight and litter sex ratio such that heavier females tended to produce more daughters and lighter females
to produce more sons. These results indicate that roe females which have additional investment potential available do not
invest it in sons, as predicted by the Trivers and Willard model. Our results may provide some support that roe deer are subject
to local resource competition acting at the level of the individual mother; however, the fact that particular trends in sex
ratio data can be explained in functional terms provides no indication that they are actually adaptive.
Received: 9 December 1997 / Accepted after revision: 11 November 1998 相似文献
2.
Manuela Panzacchi Ivar Herfindal John D. C. Linnell Morten Odden John Odden Reidar Andersen 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2010,64(8):1267-1278
The choice of neonatal hiding place is critical for ungulates adopting hiding anti-predator strategies, but the consequences
of different decisions have rarely been evaluated with respect to offspring survival. First, we investigated how landscape-scale
choices made by roe deer fawns and their mothers affected predation risk by red foxes in a forest–farmland mosaic in southeastern
Norway. After, we examined the effect of site-specific characteristics and behaviour (i.e. visibility, mother–fawn distance
and abundance of the predator’s main prey item—small rodents) on predation risk. The study of habitat use, selection and habitat-specific
mortality revealed that roe deer utilised the landscape matrix in a functional way, with different habitats used for feeding,
providing maternal care and as refugia from predation. Mothers faced a trade-off between foraging and offspring survival.
At the landscape-scale decisions were primarily determined by maternal energetic constraints and only secondarily by risk
avoidance. Indeed, forage-rich habitats were strongly selected notwithstanding the exceptionally high densities of rodents
which increased fawn predation. At fine spatial scales, a high visibility of the mother was the major factor determining predation
risk; however, mothers adjusted their behaviour to the level of risk at the bed site to minimise predation. Fawns selected
both landscape-scale refugia and concealed bed sites, but failure to segregate from the main prey of red foxes led to higher
predation. This study provides evidence for the occurrence of spatial heterogeneity in predation risk and shows that energetically
stressed individuals can tackle the foraging-safety trade-off by adopting scale-dependent anti-predator responses. 相似文献
3.
Bernt-Erik Sæther Reidar Andersen Hans Christian Pedersen 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1993,33(3):147-150
Summary The fitness of a parent in an altricial bird species is likely to be a function of the proportion of resources allocated to offspring production in relation to the amount spent on its own survival. Here we report an experiment on the Antarctic petrel in which we manipulated the costs of rearing an offspring by placing small lead loads on the legs of one parent. The bird could then either decrease its own body reserves or reduce the food load to the chick. The manipulated birds decreased their food load and increased the feeding interval, compared with unmanipulated birds. Consequently, the rate of chick loss increased. No significant difference was found between the body weights of experimental and control birds during the experiment.Publication no. 113 from the Norwegian Antarctic Research Expedition (NARE) 1989/90
Correspondence to: B.-E. Sæther 相似文献
4.
Ian Hers Reidar Zapf-Gilje Loretta Li Jim Atwater 《Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995)》2013,63(9):1318-1331
ABSTRACT The implementation of a risk-based corrective action approach often requires consideration of soil vapor migration into buildings and potential inhalation exposure and risk to human health. Due to the uncertainty associated with models for this pathway, there may be a desire to analyze indoor air samples to validate model predictions, and this approach is followed on a somewhat frequent basis at sites where risks are considered potentially significant. Indoor air testing can be problematic for a number of reasons. Soil vapor intrusion into buildings is complex, highly dependent on site-specific conditions, and may vary over time, complicating the interpretation of indoor air measurements when the goal is to deduce the subsurface-derived component. An extensive survey of indoor air quality data sets highlights the variability in indoor volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations and numerous sources that can lead to elevated VOC levels. The contribution from soil vapor is likely to be small relative to VOCs from other sources for most sites. In light of these challenges, we discuss how studies that use indoor air testing to assess subsurface risks could be improved. To provide added perspective, we conclude by comparing indoor air concentrations and risks arising from subsurface VOCs, predicted using standard model equations for soil vapor fate and intrusion into buildings, to those associated with indoor sources. 相似文献
5.
6.
Bjørn Olav Rosseland Hans-Christian Teien Suresh Basnet Reidar Borgstrøm 《毒物与环境化学》2017,99(3):390-401
Lake water and fish livers and gills of sahar (Tor putitora), spiny eel (Mastacembelus armatus), African magur (Clarias gariepinus), and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from Lake Phewa, Nepal, were assessed for the concentrations of trace metals/elements and persistent organic pollutants. The lake water was neutral with low ionic and metallic concentrations as compared to high-altitude lakes of Nepal. The four elements Cu, Zn, Se, and Cd had highest concentrations in livers, indicating uptake from diet, whereas four other metallic elements Cr, Mn, Ni, and Pb had highest concentrations in gills, indicating uptake from lake water. O. niloticus tended to have most of trace metals in the liver at higher concentrations than the other species but significant differences among the different species were found only for Mn, Ni, and Zn in the gills. A pilot study on the concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in muscle revealed that dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and related compounds were the dominant organochlorine pesticides, having highest concentrations in C. gariepinus and lowest in O. niloticus. 相似文献
7.
Michael P. Harris Doug Beare Reidar Toresen Leif Nøttestad Matthias Kloppmann Hendrik Dörner Kevin Peach Derek R. A. Rushton Judy Foster-Smith Sarah Wanless 《Marine Biology》2007,151(3):973-983
Since the early 2000s routine fish surveys have recorded increasing numbers of snake pipefish, Entelurus aequoreus, in the northeast Atlantic. Fishermen and divers have also commented on this increase and pipefish have started to appear
in the diet of seabirds and other marine predators. This paper collates information from these diverse sources and assesses
the current status of snake pipefish. We found compelling evidence of a dramatic increase in the abundance of snake pipefish
starting around 2003 and continuing up to the present (2006) and a range expansion northwards to Spitzbergen and the Barents
Sea. Since 2004 snake pipefish have been increasingly recorded in the diet of many species of seabird breeding in colonies
around the coast of the UK, and in Norway, Iceland and the Faeroe Islands. Information on the nutrient value of snake pipefish
is currently lacking but their rigid, bony structure makes them difficult for young seabirds to swallow and there are numerous
records of chicks choking to death. Thus, in the case of avian predators during the breeding season, it appears unlikely that
increased abundance of snake pipefish will provide a useful alternative prey. The reason for the rapid and dramatic increase
in numbers of snake pipefish is currently unclear but such events are characteristic of marine ecosystems and will almost
certainly have an effect on food web dynamics. 相似文献
8.
1