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虫感染的树木的气味会增加雄性巨乳中的丸激素度
Ségolène Delaitre1, Marcel E Visser2, Kees van Oers2
1CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France.
Hormones and behavior
|February 10, 2024
概括
歌鸟可以检测昆虫损坏的树木释放的植物气味. 虽然这些草食动物诱导的植物挥发物并没有改变雌鸟的繁殖能力,但它们增加了雄鸟的丸激素,这表明它们在繁殖力度中发挥了作用.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 动物行为 动物行为
- 化学生态化学生态学
背景情况:
- 当树木受到昆虫的伤害时,它们会发出草食诱导植物挥发物 (HIPV).
- 唱歌鸟可能会使用HIPV来定位昆虫猎物和生殖时间线索.
研究的目的:
- 调查HIPV是否影响繁殖决策和繁殖前的大乳房中的荷尔蒙水平.
- 为了确定空气中的植物挥发物是否标志着昆虫繁殖的丰富性.
主要方法:
- 在受控条件下,从虫感染的树上暴露于HIPV的巨乳.
- 监控的生殖参数:产卵时间,离合体大小,卵子大小.
- 在雄性和雌性鸟类中测量丸激素和17β-雌性醇水平.
主要成果:
- 雌性巨乳在接触HIPV时没有改变产卵日期,离合体大小或卵子大小.
- 在暴露于HIPV和对照组之间,女性17β-雌激醇水平保持相似.
- 暴露于HIPV的男性巨乳在产卵期间表现出较高的丸激素水平.
结论:
- 捕食昆虫的歌鸟可以检测HIPV,即使在低度.
- 仅靠HIPV就不足以增加女性的生殖投资.
- 男性通过增加生殖力度来应对HIPV,这表明了季节性繁殖的新信息来源.
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