%0 Journal Article
%T Age-relatedhabitatselectionbybrownforestskinks(Sphenomorphusindicus)
%A Qi-Ping ZHU
%A Meng-Yao ZHU
%A Ying-Chao HU
%A Xue-Ya ZHANG
%A Guo-Hua DING
%A Zhi-Hua LIN
%J 动物学研究
%P 29-33
%D 2015
%R 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2015.1.29
%X Inreptiles,habitatselectionistheprocesswherebysuitablehabitatisselectedthatoptimizesphysiologicalfunctionsandbehavioralperformance.Here,weusedthebrownforestskink(Sphenomorphusindicus)asamodelanimalandexaminedwhetherthefrequencyofactiveindividuals,environmentaltemperature,illuminationofactivityarea,andhabitattypevarywithdifferentageclasses.WesurveyedthenumberofactiveindividualsandmeasuredenvironmentalvariablesatBaiyunshanMountaininLishui,Zhejiang,China.WefoundnodifferenceintheactivityfrequencyofadultandjuvenileS.indicus;theactivitypatternofactiveindividualswasbimodal.Themeanenvironmentaltemperatureselectedbyadultswashigherthanthatselectedbyjuveniles.Theenvironmentaltemperatureofactiveareasmeasuredat0900-1000hand1100-1200hwashigherthanat1400-1500h;illuminationoftheactiveareaat1000-1200hwasalsohigherthanat1400h-1600h.Thenumberofactiveindividuals,theenvironmentaltemperatureandilluminationofactivityareasshowedpairwisepositivecorrelation.Therewasadifferenceinhabitattypebetweenjuvenilesandadultswherebyjuvenilespreferrockhabitats.WepredictthatactiveS.indicusselectoptimalhabitatswithdifferentenvironmentaltemperaturesandtypestoreachthephysiologicalneedsparticulartotheirageclasses.
%K Sphenomorphusindicus
%K Age-relatedselectiondifference
%K Habitatselection
%K Temperature
%K Illumination
%K Habitattype
%K Activityfrequency
%U http://www.zoores.ac.cn/CN/abstract/abstract3559.shtml