缩小:灰使用替代食场的灰具有较小的形态
K C Bierlich1, A Kane1, L Hildebrand1
1Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
Biology letters
|August 9, 2023
概括
与东北太平洋 (ENP) 灰相比,太平洋海岸养群 (PCFG) 的灰呈现出明显的形态适应,与东北太平洋 (ENP) 灰相比,它们的头骨和相对较小,尺寸更小,这表明它们的利基专业化.
科学领域:
- 海洋生物学 海洋生物学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
背景情况:
- 灰种群表现出不同的养行为和生态.
- 东北太平洋 (ENP) 灰种群主要在北极/亚北极地区食.
- 一个较小的太平洋海岸养群 (PCFG) 沿着北美海岸食,有证据表明身体状况较差.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究ENP和PCFG灰之间的形态差异 (长度,头骨和飞跨度).
- 为了比较ENP和PCFG灰的年龄增长曲线的长度.
- 了解与食利基相关的形态变化的适应意义.
主要方法:
- 使用了ENP灰的历史数据 (1926-1997) (鱼,捕,空中摄影).
- 采集了使用非侵入性技术 (年龄的照片识别,长度的无人机摄影计) 对PCFG灰的当代数据 (2016-2022年).
- 采用贝叶斯方法来解释形态测量和年龄估计的不确定性.
主要成果:
- 灰的PCFG和ENP的生长速度相似.
- 与ENP鱼相比,PCFG鱼的非对称长度较小.
- 与ENP鱼相比,PCFG鱼的头骨和跨度相对较小.
结论:
- 形态上的差异表明PCFG灰适应了不同的食.
- 较小的身体尺寸和相应减少的头骨和尺寸可能会促进专门的食.
- 这项研究突出了灰种群适应的一个引人注目的例子.
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