Diet selection in overwinter caches of plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi)
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| 作者 | Xie, Jiu-Xiang1,2; Lin, Gong-Hua1; Liu, Cui-Xia1,2; Yang, Chuan-Hua1,2; Deng, Xiao-Gong1,2; Cui, Xue-Feng1,2; Li, Bang1,2; Zhang, Tong-Zuo1; Su, Jian-Ping1 |
| 刊名 | acta theriologica
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| 出版日期 | 2014-04-01 |
| 卷号 | 59期号:2页码:337-345 |
| ISSN号 | 0001-7051 |
| 关键词 | Alpine meadow Foraging behavior Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Subterranean rodents |
| 中文摘要 | subterranean herbivores affect the plant community by plant consumption and burrowing activities. however, diet selection of subterranean herbivores has not been studied in detail in complex natural fields, mainly for lack of an accurate method to determine diet species, frequency, and biomass. plateau zokors' (eospalax baileyi) caching habit for the long inclement winter makes it possible to solve this problem. we studied the diet composition and biomass in caches and vicinity of plateau zokors' burrow systems. we found that plateau zokors are dietary generalist but show a significant selection among the available food items, plant parts, functional groups, organ types, and habitats. these results suggested that plateau zokors strictly selected their diet and were able to adjust their foraging strategy according to the different conditions of food abundance and quality. plateau zokors' selective foraging can directly reduce the proportion of toxicity forbs; plateau zokors can be recognized as an important element to influence the alpine meadow plant community and cattle husbandry. |
| 英文摘要 | subterranean herbivores affect the plant community by plant consumption and burrowing activities. however, diet selection of subterranean herbivores has not been studied in detail in complex natural fields, mainly for lack of an accurate method to determine diet species, frequency, and biomass. plateau zokors' (eospalax baileyi) caching habit for the long inclement winter makes it possible to solve this problem. we studied the diet composition and biomass in caches and vicinity of plateau zokors' burrow systems. we found that plateau zokors are dietary generalist but show a significant selection among the available food items, plant parts, functional groups, organ types, and habitats. these results suggested that plateau zokors strictly selected their diet and were able to adjust their foraging strategy according to the different conditions of food abundance and quality. plateau zokors' selective foraging can directly reduce the proportion of toxicity forbs; plateau zokors can be recognized as an important element to influence the alpine meadow plant community and cattle husbandry. |
| WOS标题词 | science & technology ; life sciences & biomedicine |
| 类目[WOS] | zoology |
| 研究领域[WOS] | zoology |
| 关键词[WOS] | pocket gopher ; alpine meadow ; myospalax-fontanierii ; mammalian herbivores ; ecosystem engineers ; subterranean rodent ; burrowing rodents ; tibetan plateau ; thomomys-bottae ; vegetation |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000333128200015 |
| 公开日期 | 2014-12-19 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.nwipb.ac.cn/handle/363003/4242]  |
| 专题 | 西北高原生物研究所_中国科学院西北高原生物研究所 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Plateau Biol, Key Lab Evolut & Adaptat Plateau Biota, Xining 810001, Qinghai, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Xie, Jiu-Xiang,Lin, Gong-Hua,Liu, Cui-Xia,et al. Diet selection in overwinter caches of plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi)[J]. acta theriologica,2014,59(2):337-345. |
| APA | Xie, Jiu-Xiang.,Lin, Gong-Hua.,Liu, Cui-Xia.,Yang, Chuan-Hua.,Deng, Xiao-Gong.,...&Su, Jian-Ping.(2014).Diet selection in overwinter caches of plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi).acta theriologica,59(2),337-345. |
| MLA | Xie, Jiu-Xiang,et al."Diet selection in overwinter caches of plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi)".acta theriologica 59.2(2014):337-345. |
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