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DOI | 10.1007/s00114-013-1105-7 |
Seasonal changes in burrow geometry of the common mole rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) | |
Thomas, H. G.1; Scantlebury, M.1,3; Swanepoel, D.1; Bateman, P. W.2,4; Bennett, N. C.1,4 | |
通讯作者 | Thomas, H. G. |
来源期刊 | NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN
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ISSN | 0028-1042 |
EISSN | 1432-1904 |
出版年 | 2013 |
卷号 | 100期号:11页码:1023-1030 |
英文摘要 | Sociality in mole rats has been suggested to have evolved as a response to the widely dispersed food resources and the limited burrowing opportunities that result from sporadic rainfall events. In the most arid regions, individual foraging efficiency is reduced, and energetic constraints increase. In this study, we investigate seasonal differences in burrow architecture of the social Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus in a mesic region. We describe burrow geometry in response to seasonal weather conditions for two seasons (wet and dry). Interactions occurred between seasons and colony size for the size of the burrow systems, but not the shape of the burrow systems. The fractal dimension values of the burrow systems did not differ between seasons. Thus, the burrow complexity was dependent upon the number of mole rats present in the social group. |
英文关键词 | Burrow systems Seasonality Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus Fractal dimension |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | South Africa ; Australia ; North Ireland |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000328128100003 |
WOS关键词 | CRYPTOMYS-HOTTENTOTUS-HOTTENTOTUS ; GOPHER THOMOMYS-BOTTAE ; FRACTAL DIMENSION ; SUBTERRANEAN RODENTS ; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; SOCIALITY ; ARCHITECTURE ; EVOLUTION ; FOOD |
WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/179005 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Pretoria, Mammal Res Inst, Dept Zool & Entomol, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa; 2.Curtin Univ, Dept Environm & Agr, Perth, WA 6845, Australia; 3.Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Biol Sci, Belfast BT9 7BL, Antrim, North Ireland; 4.Univ Pretoria, Dept Zool & Entomol, ZA-0028 Hatfield, South Africa |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Thomas, H. G.,Scantlebury, M.,Swanepoel, D.,et al. Seasonal changes in burrow geometry of the common mole rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)[J],2013,100(11):1023-1030. |
APA | Thomas, H. G.,Scantlebury, M.,Swanepoel, D.,Bateman, P. W.,&Bennett, N. C..(2013).Seasonal changes in burrow geometry of the common mole rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae).NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN,100(11),1023-1030. |
MLA | Thomas, H. G.,et al."Seasonal changes in burrow geometry of the common mole rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)".NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN 100.11(2013):1023-1030. |
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