全部 标题 作者
关键词 摘要

OALib Journal期刊
ISSN: 2333-9721
费用:99美元

查看量下载量

相关文章

更多...

Age-relatedhabitatselectionbybrownforestskinks(Sphenomorphusindicus)

DOI: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2015.1.29, PP. 29-33

Keywords: Sphenomorphusindicus,Age-relatedselectiondifference,Habitatselection,Temperature,Illumination,Habitattype,Activityfrequency

Full-Text   Cite this paper   Add to My Lib

Abstract:

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.

References

[1]  Amarasekare P, Coutinho RM. 2014. Effects of temperature on intraspecific competition in ectotherms. American Naturalist, 184(3): E50-E65.
[2]  Angilletta MJ Jr. 2009. Thermal Adaptation: A Theoretical and Empirical Synthesis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
[3]  Angilletta MJ Jr, Niewiarowski PH, Navas CA. 2002. The evolution of thermal physiology in ectotherms. Journal of Thermal Biology, 27(4): 249-268.
[4]  Beasley JC, Devault TL, Retamosa MI, Rhodes OE. 2007. A hierarchical analysis of habitat selection by raccoons in northern Indiana. Journal of Wildlife Management, 71(4): 1125-1133.
[5]  Buckland S, Cole N C, Godsall B, Rodríguez-Pérez JR, Gallagher LE, Henshaw SM, Harris S. 2014. Habitat selection of the Mauritian lowland forest day gecko at multiple spatial scales: a baseline for translocation. Global Ecology and Conservation, 1: 71-79, doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2014.06.001.
[6]  Castilla AM, Bauwens D. 1991. Thermal Biology, microhabitat selection, and conservation of the insular lizard Podarcis hispanica atrata. Oecologia, 85(3): 366-374.
[7]  Castilla AM, Van Damme R, Bauwens D. 1999. Field body temperatures, mechanisms of thermoregulation and evolution of thermal characteristics in Lacertid lizards. Natura Croatica, 8(3): 253-274.
[8]  Christian KA, Bedford GS. 1995. Seasonal changes in thermoregulation by the frillneck lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii, in tropical Australia. Ecology, 76(1): 124-132.
[9]  Cloudsley-Thompson JL. 1961. Rhythmic Activity in Animal Physiology and Behaviour. New York: Academic Press.
[10]  Clusella-Trullas S, Chown SL. 2014. Lizard thermal trait variation at multiple scales: a review. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 184(1): 5-21.
[11]  De La Cruz SEW, Eadie JM, Miles AK, Yee J, Spragens KA, Palm EC, Takekawa JY. 2014. Resource selection and space use by sea ducks during the non-breeding season: implications for habitat conservation planning in urbanized estuaries. Biological Conservation, 169: 68-78.
[12]  Dochtermann NA, Jenkins SH, Swartz MJ, Hargett AC. 2012. The roles of competition and environmental heterogeneity in the maintenance of behavioral variation and covariation. Ecology, 93(6): 1330-1339.
[13]  Downes S, Shine R. 1998. Heat, safety or solitude? Using habitat selection experiments to identify a lizard''s priorities. Animal Behaviour, 55(5): 1387-1396.
[14]  Hall CAS, Stanford JA, Hauer FR. 1992. The distribution and abundance of organisms as a consequence of energy balances along multiple environmental gradients. Oikos, 65(3): 377-390.
[15]  Hart SP, Marshall DJ. 2012. Advantages and disadvantages of interference-competitive ability and resource-use efficiency when invading established communities. Oikos, 121(3): 396-402.
[16]  Hertz PE, Huey RB, Stevenson R. 1993. Evaluating temperature regulation by field-active ectotherms: the fallacy of the inappropriate question. The American Naturalist, 142(5): 796-818.
[17]  Hódar JA, Pleguezuelos JM, Poveda JC. 2000. Habitat selection of the common chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) (L.) in an area under development in southern Spain: implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, 94(1): 63-68.
[18]  Huang QY. 1999. Sphenomorphus indicus (Gray, 1853). In: Zhao EM, Zhao KT, Zhou KY. Fauna Sinica, Reptile Vol. 2, Squamata, Lacertilia. Beijing: Science Press, 340-349. (in Chinese)
[19]  Huey RB. 1982. Temperature, physiology, and the ecology of reptiles. In: Gans C C, Pough FH. Biology of the Reptilia, Vol. 12. New York: Academic Press, 25-91.
[20]  Irschick DJ, Macrini TE, Koruba S, Forman J. 2000. Ontogenetic differences in morphology, habitat use, behavior, and sprinting capacity in two West Indian Anolis lizards. Journal of Herpetology, 34(3): 444-451.
[21]  Ji X, Du WG. 2000. Sexual dimorphism in body size and head size and female reproduction in a viviparous skink, Sphenomorphus indicus. Zoological Research, 21(5): 349-354. (in Chinese)
[22]  Johnson DH. 1980. The comparison of usage and availability measurements for evaluating resource preference. Ecology, 61(1): 65-71.
[23]  Liang WB, Zhang YX, Su P, Long Q, Huang JQ. 2006. Observation on time budget of Shinisaurus crocodilurus in captivity. Sichuan Journal of Zoology, 25(2): 264-266. (in Chinese)
[24]  Liu P, Liu ZT, Li DW, Zhao WG. 2008. Diurnal activity rhythm and time budget of Lacerta vivipara in simulated habitat. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 27(12): 2146-2152. (in Chinese)
[25]  Manicom C, Schwarzkopf L. 2011. Diet and prey selection of sympatric tropical skinks. Austral Ecology, 36(5): 485-496.
[26]  Manly BFJ, McDonald LL, Thomas DL, McDonald TL, Erickson WP. 2002. Resource Selection by Animals: Statistical Design and Analysis for Field Studies. 2nd ed. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
[27]  Marler CA, Walsberg G, White ML, Moore M. 1995. Increased energy
[28]  expenditure due to increased territorial defense in male lizards after phenotypic manipulation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 37(4): 225-231.
[29]  Mautz WJ, Nagy KA. 1987. Ontogenetic changes in diet, field metabolic rate, and water flux in the herbivorous lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis. Physiological Zoology, 60(6): 640-658.
[30]  Oishi T, Nagai K, Harada Y, Naruse M, Ohtani M, Kawano E, Tamotsu S. 2004. Circadian rhythms in amphibians and reptiles: ecological implications. Biological Rhythm Research, 35(1-2): 105-120.
[31]  Oppel S, Schaefer HM, Schmidt V, Schr?der B. 2004. Habitat selection by the pale-headed brush-finch (Atlapetes pallidiceps) in southern Ecuador: implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, 118(1): 33-40.
[32]  Paulissen MA. 1987. Optimal foraging and intraspecific diet differences in the lizard Cnemidophorus sexlineatus. Oecologia, 71(3): 439-446.
[33]  Razgour O, Hanmer J, Jones G. 2011. Using multi-scale modelling to predict habitat suitability for species of conservation concern: the grey long-eared bat as a case study. Biological Conservation, 144(12): 2922-2930.
[34]  Shen JW, Meng FW, Zhang YP, Du WG. 2013. Field body temperature and thermal preference of the big-headed turtle Platysternon megacephalum. Current Zoology, 59(5): 626-632.
[35]  Shu L, Zhang QL, Qu YF, Ji X. 2010. Thermal tolerance, selected body temperature and thermal dependence of food assimilation and locomotor performance in the Qinghai toad headed lizard, Phrynocephalus vlangalii. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 30(8): 2036-2042. (in Chinese)
[36]  Stamps JA, Tanaka S. 1981. The relationship between food and social behavior in juvenile lizards. Copeia, 1981(2): 422-434.
[37]  Strickland MD, McDonald LL. 2006. Introduction to the special section on resource selection. Journal of Wildlife Management, 70(2): 321-323.
[38]  Tang XL, Yue F, He JZ, Wang NB, Ma M, Mo JR, Chen Q. 2013. Ontogenetic and sexual differences of thermal biology and locomotor performance in a lacertid lizard, Eremias multiocellata. Zoology, 116(6): 331-335.
[39]  Thomas DL, Taylor EJ. 1990. Study designs and tests for comparing resource use and availability. Journal of Wildlife Management, 54(2): 322-330.
[40]  Vermunt A, Hare KM, Besson AA. 2014. Unusual change in activity pattern at cool temperature in a reptile (Sphenodon punctatus). Journal of Thermal Biology, 42: 40-45.
[41]  Wang PC. 1964. Ecology of four lizards in Hangzhou (1): distribution, activity rhythm and food habits. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 6(2): 70-76. (in Chinese)
[42]  Wasko DK, Sasa M. 2012. Food resources influence spatial ecology, habitat selection, and foraging behavior in an ambush-hunting snake (Viperidae: Bothrops asper): an experimental study. Zoology, 115(3): 179-187.
[43]  Webb J. 1996. Ecology of A Threatened Snake Species, Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Elapidae). Ph. D. thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney.
[44]  Wen CY, Zou PZ. 2002. Preliminary studies on population ecology and diet of Eumeces chinensis in the north of Guangdong province. Journal of Guangzhou University(Natural Science Edition), 1(3): 19-22. (in Chinese)
[45]  Xu XF, Ji X. 2006. Ontogenetic shifts in thermal tolerance, selected body temperature and thermal dependence of food assimilation and locomotor performance in a lacertid lizard, Eremias brenchleyi. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 143(1): 118-124.

Full-Text

Contact Us

service@oalib.com

QQ:3279437679

WhatsApp +8615387084133