微气候和热避难所对草的繁殖息地选择影响
Tyler D Dungannon1, Christopher R Anthony1, Timothy S Bowden2
1Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, 104 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA.
Journal of thermal biology
|August 30, 2024
概括
较大的草选择提供热避难所和捕食者掩护的休息地点,与快速加热的食地点不同. 早期繁殖养息地提供比后期更好的温度适度.
科学领域:
- 野生动物生态生态学
- 行为生态学 行为生态学
- 鸟类生物学 鸟类生物学
背景情况:
- 温度调节是野生动物空间使用的关键驱动因素,除了避免捕食者和食外.
- 类动物,像草一样,有其他特别的幼易受热极端的影响,需要特定的息地条件.
- 了解微气候对息地选择的影响对于物种生态学至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估微尺度的热环境如何影响大 (Centrocercus urophasianus) 繁殖息地选择.
- 为了研究植被结构,温度调节和息地使用之间的相互作用.
- 为了提供第一个评价的热性质,在草养殖息地,草养殖息地.
主要方法:
- 监测了24个大草,并收集了82,929个黑灯泡温度测量结果.
- 利用了带有黑灯泡的热阵列作为操作温度的替代品.
- 在早期和晚期繁殖阶段,比较了清晨 (食),下午 (放牧) 和随机地点的热环境和植被覆盖.
主要成果:
- 食地点显示,与散和随机地点相比,微气候变暖的速度更快.
- 放牧地点提供了比食地点更好的环境温度调节,类似于随机地点.
- 幼选择了具有增加灌木结构的息地,以隐藏掠食者和进行热缓冲,特别是在幼早期的繁殖阶段.
结论:
- 较大的草使用特定的微生物息地进行温度调节和避免捕食者.
- 在关键的繁殖时期,为了结构异质性而进行植被管理,对于在关键的繁殖期间为草创造热带避难所至关重要.
- 温度调节在草的息地选择中起着重要的,但往往被忽视的作用,需要在保护战略中考虑.
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