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Stevens CJ Duprè C Dorland E Gaudnik C Gowing DJ Bleeker A Diekmann M Alard D Bobbink R Fowler D Corcket E Mountford JO Vandvik V Aarrestad PA Muller S Dise NB 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2011,159(10):2243-2250
A survey of 153 acid grasslands from the Atlantic biogeographic region of Europe indicates that chronic nitrogen deposition is changing plant species composition and soil and plant-tissue chemistry. Across the deposition gradient (2-44 kg N ha−1 yr−1) grass richness as a proportion of total species richness increased whereas forb richness decreased. Soil C:N ratio increased, but soil extractable nitrate and ammonium concentrations did not show any relationship with nitrogen deposition. The above-ground tissue nitrogen contents of three plant species were examined: Agrostis capillaris (grass), Galium saxatile (forb) and Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus (bryophyte). The tissue nitrogen content of neither vascular plant species showed any relationship with nitrogen deposition, but there was a weak positive relationship between R. squarrosus nitrogen content and nitrogen deposition. None of the species showed strong relationships between above-ground tissue N:P or C:N and nitrogen deposition, indicating that they are not good indicators of deposition rate. 相似文献
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Kaspar Delhey Anne Peters Arild Johnsen Bart Kempenaers 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2007,61(6):853-862
Sex-allocation theory predicts that females paired to attractive males should bias the brood sex ratio towards male offspring,
as these would inherit the attractiveness of their father. We studied sex allocation based on male ornamentation in blue tits.
Brood sex ratios varied with male UV coloration in an age-dependent manner. For juvenile males, the proportion of sons increased
with increasing UV ornamentation, which is in agreement with previous findings from a Swedish population. However, the relationship
between UV ornamentation and brood sex ratio was reversed for adult males, with females paired to less UV-ornamented adult
males producing more sons. This pattern fits with the observation that, in our population, less UV-ornamented adult males
sire the majority of extra-pair young. To test the causality of the association between brood sex ratio and male coloration,
we experimentally manipulated crown colour largely within the natural range. We created two groups of males: one with higher
and one with lower UV reflectance, UV(+) and UV(−), respectively. Contrary to our expectations, there was no significant treatment
effect. However, in UV(−), but not UV(+) males, the proportion of sons was negatively correlated with male coloration before
manipulation. This suggests that the UV(−) treatment caused males that were more UV ornamented to decline more in attractiveness,
as shown in a similar experiment in Sweden. However, given that correlational patterns differ between these populations, similarities
in experimental results should not be taken as evidence for consistent patterns of adaptive sex allocation in this species. 相似文献
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Sexual conflict over fertilizations: female bluethroats escape male paternity guards 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Arild Johnsen Jan T. Lifjeld Percy A. Rohde Craig R. Primmer Hans Ellegren 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,43(6):401-408
Extra-pair copulations create a potential for sexual conflict in pair-bonding birds. Here we report an experimental study
of the bluethroat, Luscinia s. svecica, in which the throat ornament of males was blackened with Nyanzol D in order to reduce their sexual attractiveness and thus
increase the sexual conflict over fertilizations. In an earlier study, we showed that males blackened before pairing had a
lower success in attracting social mates than controls, whereas males blackened after pairing guarded their mates more intensely
and sang less than controls. Here we add behavioural data from one more year on males blackened after pairing and corroborate
our previous finding that the manipulation caused males to guard their mates more intensely and advertise less for additional
mates. Blackened males did not suffer more intrusions from neighbouring males than did controls. Paternity analyses of the
combined data set, using multilocus DNA fingerprinting and microsatellite typing, revealed that blackened males lost significantly
more paternity than controls. There was also a tendency for blackened males to show a lower success in achieving extra-pair
fertilizations. These results indicate that females have the upper hand in the sexual conflict over fertilizations, as females
paired with unattractive males can achieve more extra-pair paternity despite the greater constraint posed by the intensified
mate guarding. Still, within the blackened group, there were some indications that males guarding more intensely and singing
less had higher paternity than males guarding less and singing more, suggesting a marginal positive effect of guarding for
unattractive males. Male mate guarding must nevertheless be considered a best-of-a-bad-job strategy in this species.
Received: 4 December 1997 / Accepted after revision: 14 June 1998 相似文献
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Skarpe C Aarrestad PA Andreassen HP Dhillion SS Dimakatso T du Toit JT Duncan Halley J Hytteborn H Makhabu S Mari M Marokane W Masunga G Ditshoswane M Moe SR Mojaphoko R Mosugelo D Motsumi S Neo-Mahupeleng G Ramotadima M Rutina L Sechele L Sejoe TB Stokke S Swenson JE Taolo C Vandewalle M Wegge P 《Ambio》2004,33(6):276-282
Northern Botswana and adjacent areas, have the world's largest population of African elephant (Loxodonta africana). However, a 100 years ago elephants were rare following excessive hunting. Simultaneously, ungulate populations were severely reduced by decease. The ecological effects of the reduction in large herbivores must have been substantial, but are little known. Today, however, ecosystem changes following the increase in elephant numbers cause considerable concern in Botswana. This was the background for the "BONIC" project, investigating the interactions between the increasing elephant population and other ecosystem components and processes. Results confirm that the ecosystem is changing following the increase in elephant and ungulate populations, and, presumably, developing towards a situation resembling that before the reduction of large herbivores. We see no ecological reasons to artificially change elephant numbers. There are, however, economic and social reasons to control elephants, and their range in northern Botswana may have to be artificially restricted. 相似文献
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Extrapair paternity in birds has been the focus of an increasing number of studies over the last decades. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about extrapair copulation (EPC) behavior. In this study, we investigate whether female bluethroats (Luscinia s. svecica) with no extrapair offspring (EPO) in their broods really have been sexually monogamous or if they have copulated with extrapair males. We used an experimental approach to prevent transfer of sperm from the social male during copulation by fitting a rubber tube around the cloaca of randomly chosen males. If the females mated to these males do not participate in EPCs, they will produce infertile eggs, whereas females that copulate with extrapair males will only produce EPO. We found that 87% (n=15) of the experimental pairs compared to only 36% (n=51) of unmanipulated pairs produced EPO. Our result therefore suggests that females having no EPO may still have copulated with extrapair males and that promiscuity may be an obligate sexual strategy among bluethroat females.Communicated by S. Pruett-Jones 相似文献
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Kyung-Mi Jung Arild Folkvord Olav Sigurd Kjesbu Ann Lisbeth Agnalt Anders Thorsen Svein Sundby 《Marine Biology》2012,159(9):1969-1980
Previous studies have found strong evidences for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) egg retention in fjords, which are caused by the combination of vertical salinity structure, estuarine circulation, and egg specific gravity, supporting small-scaled geographical differentiations of local populations. Here, we assess the variability in egg specific gravity for selected local populations of this species, that is, two fjord-spawning populations and one coastal-spawning population from Northern Norway (66–71°N/10–25°E). Eggs were naturally spawned by raised broodstocks (March to April 2009), and egg specific gravity was measured by a density-gradient column. The phenotype of egg specific gravity was similar among the three local populations. However, the associated variability was greater at the individual level than at the population level. The noted gradual decrease in specific gravity from gastrulation to hatching with an increase just before hatching could be a generic pattern in pelagic marine fish eggs. This study provides needed input to adequately understand and model fish egg dispersal. 相似文献
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Arild?Johnsen Kim?L.?Carter Kaspar?Delhey Jan?T.?Lifjeld Raleigh?J.?Robertson Bart?KempenaersEmail author 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2012,66(2):181-190
In birds, the number of sperm trapped between the perivitelline membranes around the ovum is an estimate of sperm numbers
present at the time and place of fertilisation in the female reproductive tract. Sperm numbers may vary among species and
between eggs in a clutch and can provide information about sperm utilisation and mechanisms of sperm competition. Here, we
describe patterns of variation in sperm numbers through the egg-laying sequence in three passerines in which extra-pair paternity
is common, but copulation behaviour differs. Sperm numbers showed no systematic change across the laying sequence in blue
tits (Cyanistes caeruleus), but decreased significantly with laying order in bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) and tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) clutches. This is consistent with observations that blue tits regularly copulate throughout the laying sequence, while bluethroats
stop mate guarding and tree swallows reduce their copulation frequency once the first egg is laid. Nevertheless, cases of
a sudden increase in sperm numbers in clutches of bluethroats and tree swallows suggest that successful inseminations also
occurred after laying started. In blue tits and bluethroats, sperm numbers were not higher on extra-pair sired eggs than on
eggs sired by the social male, suggesting that extra-pair copulations are not timed to the period of peak fertility for each
egg. More extra-pair offspring originated from eggs laid early in the sequence in blue tits, while there was no systematic
bias in bluethroats. Our results suggest that copulations during the laying sequence are predominantly performed by within-pair
males in our study species. 相似文献
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Christina Skarpe Per Arild Aarrestad Harry P. Andreassen Shivcharn S. Dhillion Thatayaone Dimakatso Johan T. du Toit Duncan J. Halley Hkan Hytteborn Shimane Makhabu Moses Mari Wilson Marokane Gaseitsiwe Masunga Ditshoswane Modise Stein R. Moe Rapelang Mojaphoko David Mosugelo Sekgowa Motsumi Gosiame Neo-Mahupeleng Mpho Ramotadima Lucas Rutina Lettie Sechele Thato B. Sejoe Sigbjrn Stokke Jon E. Swenson Cyril Taolo Mark Van 《Ambio-人类环境杂志》2004,33(6):254-260
博茨瓦纳北部及其毗邻地区分布着世界上最大的非洲象种群(Loxodonta africana),而在100年前,由于过度捕猎,大象的种群数量极为稀少. 相似文献
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Animals interact with their habitat in a manner which involves both negative and positive feedback mechanisms. We apply a specific modeling approach, “multi-scaled random walk”, for the scenario where a spatially explicit positive feedback process emerges from a combination of a spatial memory-dependent tendency to return to familiar patches and a consequently objective or subjective improvement of the quality of these patches (habitat auto-facilitation). In addition to the potential for local resource improvement from physically altering a patch, primarily known from the ecology of grazing ungulates, auto-facilitation from site fidelity may also embed more subtle subjective, individual-specific advantages from patch familiarity. Under the condition of resource superabundance, fitness gain from intra-home range patch fidelity creates a self-reinforcing use of the preferred patches on expense of a broader foraging in a priori equally favorable patches. Through this process, our simulations show that a spatially fractal dispersion of accumulated locations of the individual will emerge under the given model assumptions. Based on a conjecture that intra-home range patch fidelity depends on spatial memory we apply the multi-scaled random walk model to construct a spatially explicit habitat suitability parameter Hij, which quantifies the dispersion of the generally most constraining resource from the individual's perspective. An intra-home range set of observed H-scores, Hobs, can then be estimated from a simple 2-scale calculation that is derived from the local dispersion of fixes. We show how the spatially explicit habitat utilization index Hobs not necessarily correlates positively with the local density fluctuations of fixes. The H-index solves some well-known problems from using the pattern of local densities of telemetry fixes - the classic utilization distribution - as a proxy variable for relative intra-home range habitat quality and resource selection. A pilot study on a set of telemetry fixes collected from a herd of free-ranging domestic sheep with overlapping summer home ranges illustrates how the H-index may be estimated and interpreted as a first-level approach towards a more extensive analysis of intra-home range habitat resource availability and patch preferences. Spatial memory in combination with site fidelity requires a modeling framework that explicitly describes the property of positive feedback mechanism under auto-facilitation in a spatio-temporally explicit manner. 相似文献