%0 Journal Article
%T EffectsoftemperatureacclimationonbodymassandenergybudgetintheChinesebulbulPycnonotussinensis
%A Yu-Nan WU
%A Lin Lin
%A Yu-Chao XIAO
%A Li-Meng Zhou
%A Meng-Si WU
%A Hui-Ying Zhang
%A Jin-Song LIU
%J 动物学研究
%P 33-41
%D 2014
%R 10.11813/j.issn.0254-5853.2014.1.033
%X Chinesebulbuls(Pycnonotussinensis)aresmallpasserinebirdsthatinhabitareasofcentral,southernandeasternChina.Previousobservationssuggestthatfree-livingindividualsofthisspeciesmaychangetheirfoodintakeinresponsetoseasonalchangesinambienttemperature.Inthepresentstudy,werandomlyassignedChinesebulbulstoeithera30℃or10℃group,andmeasuredtheirbodymass(BM),bodytemperature,grossenergyintake(GEI),digestibleenergyintake(DEI),andthelengthandmassoftheirdigestivetractsover28daysofacclimationatthesetemperatures.Aspredicted,birdsinthe30℃grouphadlowerbodymass,GEIandDEIrelativetothoseinthe10℃group.Thelengthandmassofthedigestivetractwasalsolowerinthe30℃groupandtrendsintheseparameterswerepositivelycorrelatedwithBM,GEIandDEI.TheseresultssuggestthatChinesebulbulsreducedtheirabsoluteenergydemandsatrelativelyhightemperaturesbydecreasingtheirbodymass,GEIandDEI,anddigestivetractsize.
%K Bodymass
%K Energybudget
%K Pycnonotussinensis
%K Temperatureacclimation
%U http://www.zoores.ac.cn/CN/abstract/abstract3427.shtml