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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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Summary 2-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone as a target compound of the tergal gland secretion of the rove beetle,Aleochara curtula, was quantified from the reservoirs of individual beetles. Males store less secretion than females, and they evaporate more of the secretion as measured by adsorption from the air (closed-loop-stripping-analysis). The amount of emitted quinone is increased during aggressive interactions of rival males. The pulsed emission of the secretion during aggression is demonstrated by a novel technique combining observation of behavior with the on-line measurement of target fragment ions by mass-spectrometry (tandem bioassay — mass fragmentography). The emission of the secretion is used as a weapon in combats between males and may result in the repulsion of subordinate males from the mating site, but may also serve to mimic females chemically in order to avoid aggressive encounters. 相似文献
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Summary. We report field and laboratory evidence indicating that the defensive compounds secreted by the millipedes Amplinus bitumidus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) and Anadenobolus putealis (Diplopoda: Spirobolida) attract the carrion scarab Canthon morsei (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). In a Mexican tropical rain forest, C. morsei was mostly caught in pitfall traps baited with the carcasses of both millipede species. Only a few beetles were attracted
to fish carrion. Experimental evidence indicates that C. morsei is attracted to freshly dead millipedes. Benzaldehyde and HCN were identified from Amplinus bitumidus; but 2-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (toluquinone) and 2-methoxy- 3-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone from Anadenobolus putealis. Benzaldehyde attracted significantly more C. morsei individuals than fish meat, or millipedes of both species did after rinsing in hexane. This is the first report of Polydesmida
attracting dung beetles. 相似文献
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日常生活中的电磁污染与防护对策 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
简述了日常生活中电磁污染的特点和对人体的危害,并提出了几种不同场合下电磁污染的防护对策,为提高人们日常的电磁辐射防护意识提供理论和技术指导。 相似文献
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Paul J. Weldon 《Chemoecology》2004,14(1):1-4
Summary. Many animals acquire substances on their integument from heterospecifics
through anointing. In active or self-anointing, animals rub against scent
sources or they apply them by appendage or mouth. In passive anointing, animals
adsorb emitted chemicals. Most investigators suggest that chemicals appropriated
via anointing deter predators, ectoparasites, and/or microbial pathogens. Similarly,
nesting birds and brood parasites of social insects acquire chemicals from and reside
unmolested near or within insect colonies. The acquisition through anointing of
chemicals that deter predators, ectoparasites, microbial pathogens, and other
offenders, i.e. defensive anointing, constitutes an extended phenotype: the
genetic machinery by which defensive compounds are synthesized does not reside with
the anointing organisms, but the sensory mechanisms and/or behavioral tendencies by
which chemicals are appropriated from heterospecifics do. The ecological
relationships between anointing organisms and chemical donors, and between
chemical donors and those responding to chemicals appropriated via anointing, may
be unorthodox. Interactions between anointing organisms and chemical donors typically
entail abrasive contact with or other damage to the latter. These encounters sometimes
are evidenced by telltale marks on chemical donors or by chemicals deposited on the
integument of anointing organisms. The organisms furnishing chemicals and those
affected by them may not interact, and they may even occupy different habitats, because
mobile anointing organisms are the medium by which chemicals are disseminated. Thus,
in allelochemical studies where anointing is involved, species can be tested, with
ecological legitimacy, using chemicals from organisms they might fail to interact with
in nature. Practical implications of anointing stem from its potential importance in
conservation and captive management, where consideration is given to the protection
that animals derive by accessing topically acquired chemicals from heterospecifics. 相似文献
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Copulatory plugs do not assure high first male fertilisation success: sperm displacement in a lizard
Pedro L. Moreira Vera L. Nunes José Martín Octávio S. Paulo 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2007,62(2):281-288
Sperm competition selects for opposing male defensive and offensive reproductive traits, and its outcome may be determined
by the effectiveness to which one trait has evolved to out-compete the other. We tested the effectiveness of a first male
plug physical interference with a second male insemination (defence) vs the effectiveness of plug and associated sperm displacement
by a second male (offence) on the outcome of sperm competition in Iberian rock lizards. We conducted a double mating experiment
where we compared the proportion of eggs per clutch fertilised by the same second males (against the same first males) when
they copulated with females 30 min (first male plug adhered firmly inside the female cloaca) and 4 h (first male plug loosely
adhered or shed from the female cloaca) after first males. We found that second males fertilised the majority of the eggs
per clutch in the 30-min treatment, whereas fertilisations were equally shared between the two males in the 4-h treatment.
These results show that plugs have little defensive effectiveness, and thus, do not assure high first male fertilisation success.
Instead, sperm displacement appears to be associated with plug displacement. That is, because sperm embedded in first male
plugs, and displaced from competition for fertilisations by second males, is expected to increase in number with decreasing
time allowed for female sperm transport, second males thus enjoy higher fertilisation success. This study shows that offensive
plug displacement out-competes plug defensive role in Iberian rock lizards. Moreover, it reveals sperm displacement as a novel
sperm competition mechanism in reptiles. 相似文献
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Summary. Easy bleeding is a phenomenon discovered in some tenthredinid insects which possess a particularly low mechanical resistance of the integument, leading under mechanical stress to haemolymph exudation. It has a defensive effect against ants and wasps through harmful plant compounds which are sequestered in the haemolymph. Here we describe etho-ecological and some chemical aspects of the defence of easy bleeders and specify the range of predators to which easy bleeding might be effective. Beside a high haemolymph deterrence associated with low integument resistance across sawfly species, we also detected toxicity of the haemolymph of some species to workers of the ant Myrmica rubra. The behaviour of easy bleeders is to move slowly and, once disturbed, to become motionless, thereby probably impeding the tendency of a predator to attack. This behaviour had no beneficial effect for easy bleeders when attacked by the predatory bug Podisus maculiventris. Bugs could successfully and without harm prey on sawfly larvae without evoking easy bleeding. For the easy bleeder Athalia rosae, host plants with different secondary metabolite profiles, and, consequently, changes in haemolymph chemistry only slightly affected the feeding behaviour of the bugs. To test the effectiveness of easy bleeding towards a vertebrate predator, easy bleeders were offered to birds, Sturnus vulgaris. The body colouration of the sawfly larvae was of prime importance in determining the predators response when testing birds in a group. It is likely that easy bleeding is a defence strategy directed primarily towards foraging insects with biting-chewing mandibles and that it is much less active towards predatory insects with piercing-sucking mandibles as well as birds. The involvement of chemical and/or physical cues in the strategy is discussed with respect to these types of predators. 相似文献
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The Precautionary Principle has emerged in response to the need for an effective method for dealing with risks and uncertainties in environmental management. In essence, the Principle requires action to prevent serious and irreversible damage even before harm can be scientifically demonstrated or economically assessed. Proponents argue that the Principle should be applied in situations where both the probability and value of irreversible damage are unknown. The lack of these particular data prevent a full cost–benefit analysis, but permit application of the Principle through the defensive-expenditure approach. How much would the community be required to pay to fund alternatives to maintain the environment and so defend existing levels of utility? Through the application of risk analysis and the stochastic dominance technique, a range of options and outcomes can be examined incorporating the using available information within a framework consistent with economic rationality. An extended risk simulation is applied to an environmental issue where there is a risk of serious and irreversible damage to the environment, namely, protection of the Barmah-Millewa forest-wetland in Australia. 相似文献
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Within a species, ontogenetic and genetic variation in defensive chemistry can provide the basis for natural selection from
different predator types. The osmeterial chemistry of fifth (last) instar Papilio glaucus caterpillars is known to differ qualitatively from the composition of early instar caterpillars. However, the osmeterial
chemistry of early instar caterpillars has not been thoroughly characterized and may change as the caterpillars undergo their
first three molts. We have used GC/MS to identify a suite of about 50 different terpene compounds in the osmeterial secretions
of P. glaucus caterpillars, and found the relative amounts of these compounds changed significantly with each molt. These quantitative
changes preceded the more dramatic qualitative switch to the production of 2-methylbutyric and isobutyric acids after the
molt to the fifth instar. We also examined the effects of diet and genetic background on the relative quantities of 15 terpenes
present in the secretions of third instar caterpillars. Parentage was found to affect the percentages of many more of the
individual components than did diet, although both exerted an effect. The ontogenetic and genetic variations in the composition
of the osmeterial secretions appear to have an effect on would-be predators. In the laboratory, terpene secretion was found
to discourage attack by ants, whereas the switch from terpene to acid production rendered the caterpillars less palatable
to a larger predator, the green anole. In the field, the presence of functional osmeteria did not seem to dramatically increase
survival in a field study, and only a small, non-significant advantage was seen. Similarly, field data was suggestive that
parentage might affect the likelihood of survival in a natural setting, but the stage of the caterpillar and the field site
significantly affected survivorship. Further studies with greater replicates will be needed to determine whether and to what
extent chemical differences in osmeterial components as well as behavior contribute to differences in outcomes in the field. 相似文献