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	Is Habitat Preference Associated with Locomotor Performance in Multiocellated Racerunners(Eremias multiocellata) from a Desert Steppe?
	Junhuai Bi; Wang Yang; Shuran Li; Zeng Zhigao
来源期刊	Asian Herpetological Research
ISSN	2095-0357
出版年	2015
卷号	6 期号:2 页码:143-149
英文摘要	Locomotor performance in lizards is strongly affected by structural habitat. Understanding this relationship allows us to predict species distributions across habitat types. However, little information is available about the ecological role of the locomotion of multiocellated racerunner (Eremias multiocellata) in the desert steppe ecosystem of Inner Mongolia, China. Herein, we studied the effects of habitat structure on the locomotor performance of this lizard species in the field. We found that the sprint speed of this lizard declined significantly with increasing vegetation coverage. Manipulative experiments were further conducted to examine the effects of branch barriers and surface substrates on the sprint speed of the lizard. We found that the sprint speed was significantly influenced by the surface substrates and branch barriers, and there were no interactions between them. Branch barriers impeded sprint speed, and E. multiocellata showed better locomotor performance on sandy rather than loamy substrates. Our results indicate that E. multiocellata tends to occupy open areas with sandy substrates, but its locomotor performance is not closely associated with habitat preference.
英文关键词	Habitat lizard locomotion performance substrate barrier
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	CSCD
WOS研究方向	Zoology
CSCD记录号	CSCD:5469229
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/335515
作者单位	Junhuai Bi, College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 010022, China.; Wang Yang, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.; Shuran Li, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.; Zeng Zhigao, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Junhuai Bi,Wang Yang,Shuran Li,et al. Is Habitat Preference Associated with Locomotor Performance in Multiocellated Racerunners(Eremias multiocellata) from a Desert Steppe?[J],2015,6(2):143-149.
APA	Junhuai Bi,Wang Yang,Shuran Li,&Zeng Zhigao.(2015).Is Habitat Preference Associated with Locomotor Performance in Multiocellated Racerunners(Eremias multiocellata) from a Desert Steppe?.Asian Herpetological Research,6(2),143-149.
MLA	Junhuai Bi,et al."Is Habitat Preference Associated with Locomotor Performance in Multiocellated Racerunners(Eremias multiocellata) from a Desert Steppe?".Asian Herpetological Research 6.2(2015):143-149.