发育温度对行为可塑性有性别特异性的影响
Madeleine de Jong1, David G Chapple1, Bob B M Wong1
1School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Journal of thermal biology
|July 16, 2025
概括
早期的温度会永久影响爬行动物的行为,雄性比雌性更具可塑性. 这种特定于性别的发育可塑性对物种在气候变化中的持久性有影响.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 动物行为 动物行为
背景情况:
- 气候变化需要对物种生存进行行为调整.
- 早期发育期的热环境可以诱导持久的表型变化.
- 早期热效应对后来的行为可塑性的影响仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查早期发育温度如何影响行为可塑性,以应对以后的热环境.
- 为了确定这些效应是否在微妙的皮肤 (Lampropholis delicata) 中具有性别特异性.
主要方法:
- 微妙的蛋在三个温度处理过程中被化.
- 在温和和热的环境中量化了幼年皮的活动,微生境选择和分散.
- 分析了化温度和环境温度对行为的相互作用.
主要成果:
- 化温度显著影响了对环境温度的行为反应,特别是活动和分散.
- 男性表现出比女性更大的行为可塑性.
- 热养的雄性活动增加,而冷养的雄性在炎热的条件下更多地分散.
结论:
- 发育温度对行为可塑性产生了取决于性别的影响.
- 气候变化可能会对雄性和雌性爬行动物种群产生不同的影响.
- 性别特定的生存后果可能会影响人口动态和增长.
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