摘要
To determine the influence of the fence on plateau pika (<em>Ochotona curzoniae</em>), we measured the body mass, breeding status, population densities, using live-trapping and line-transect sampling in April and September 2006. In April, body mass of both male and female plateau pika inside of fence were significant higher than that outside of fence (♀: F = 6.583, <em>df</em> = 1.20, <em>p</em> = 0.019;♂: F = 6.49, <em>df</em> = 1.17, <em>p</em> = 0.021). The ratio of spermary drop of an adult male was also higher (92.31% vs 57.14%). In September, body mass of adult male in both study sites showed no significant difference (F = 0.001, <em>df</em> = 1.23, <em>p</em> = 0.975), but were all significant higher than that of April (F = 121.713, <em>df</em> = 1.22, <em>p</em> < 0.001;F = 105.819, <em>df</em> = 1.20, <em>p</em> < 0.001). In April, the population densities of both study sites showed on significant difference (F = 2.388, <em>df</em> = 1.38, <em>p</em> = 0.131), but the population density inside of fence was much higher than that outside of fence (F = 7.534, <em>df</em> = 1.38, <em>p</em> = 0.009) in September. Our results show that the changes of quality and quantity of food that available to plateau pika in winter, can depress the range of reducing body mass of plateau pika, make breeding season ahead, and then promote the increase of population.
To determine the influence of the fence on plateau pika (<em>Ochotona curzoniae</em>), we measured the body mass, breeding status, population densities, using live-trapping and line-transect sampling in April and September 2006. In April, body mass of both male and female plateau pika inside of fence were significant higher than that outside of fence (♀: F = 6.583, <em>df</em> = 1.20, <em>p</em> = 0.019;♂: F = 6.49, <em>df</em> = 1.17, <em>p</em> = 0.021). The ratio of spermary drop of an adult male was also higher (92.31% vs 57.14%). In September, body mass of adult male in both study sites showed no significant difference (F = 0.001, <em>df</em> = 1.23, <em>p</em> = 0.975), but were all significant higher than that of April (F = 121.713, <em>df</em> = 1.22, <em>p</em> < 0.001;F = 105.819, <em>df</em> = 1.20, <em>p</em> < 0.001). In April, the population densities of both study sites showed on significant difference (F = 2.388, <em>df</em> = 1.38, <em>p</em> = 0.131), but the population density inside of fence was much higher than that outside of fence (F = 7.534, <em>df</em> = 1.38, <em>p</em> = 0.009) in September. Our results show that the changes of quality and quantity of food that available to plateau pika in winter, can depress the range of reducing body mass of plateau pika, make breeding season ahead, and then promote the increase of population.
作者
Wenjing Li
Wenjing Li(Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China;Scientific Research and Popularization Base of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Biology, Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Ecological Genomics, Xining, China)
