干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Diet selection by the social vole Microtus socialis (Pallas, 1773) in the Northwest Caspian Lowland

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DOI	10.15298/rusjtheriol.19.2.04
	Diet selection by the social vole Microtus socialis (Pallas, 1773) in the Northwest Caspian Lowland
	Scopin, Alexey E.; Dzhapova, Vita V.; Bembeeva, Olga G.; Ayusheva, Elena Ch; Dzhapova, Raisa R.; Abaturov, Boris D.
通讯作者	Scopin, AE (corresponding author), Prof BM Zhitkov Russian Res Inst Game Management, 79 Preobrazhenskaya Str, Kirov 610000, Russia.
来源期刊	RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF THERIOLOGY
ISSN	1682-3559
出版年	2020
卷号	19 期号:2 页码:136-148
英文摘要	The article presents the research results the food selection and preferences of the social vole Microtus socialis in the dry steppes (northern subzone of the deserts) in the Chernye Zemli State Biosphere Reserve (north-western part of the Caspian Lowland). It is the first time when the data on seasonal variability of food composition of social voles in their permanent settlements has been obtained by means of cuticular microhistological feces analysis. The diet of the voles consists of 31 plant species. The basis of the diet is grasses (55-95%), mainly Poa bulbosa. Forbs are consumed in smaller amounts, but they play an important role in the summer life of the rodent. In spring, the tulip bulbs (Tulipa biebersteiniana) and the terrestrial parts of Chorispora tenella are of greatest importance in the nutrition of the vole. These herbivores do not eat Bassia hyssopifblia, Phlomis pungens, Carduus acanthoides at all. Voles maximize the use of forage diversity in the area of their settlements. The trophic interactions of rodents to certain plant species were evaluated through the preferences of baits containing plant extracts. The social voles consume baits with extracts from different plant species in varying degrees. In general, the consumption of baits containing grass extracts is higher than that of baits containing extracts from most species of forbs. In the group of forts, the social vole unequivocally prefer baits containing tulip extracts. The baits with other foibs are consumed by two or more times less than those with grass extracts. The social vole gives the least preference to baits with extracts from Senecio vernalis and Tanacetum achilleifblium. Most likely, a high concentration of toxic secondary metabolites is the main reason for voles avoiding certain baits with plant extracts.
英文关键词	Microtus socialis food selection forage composition arid ecosystems Caspian Lowland
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000599461400004
WOS关键词	NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY ; CAMELUS-BACTRIANUS ; CLAYEY SEMIDESERT ; FORAGE RESOURCES ; FOOD ; STEPPE ; RODENTIA ; PENNSYLVANICUS ; AGRESTIS
WOS类目	Zoology
WOS研究方向	Zoology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/349172
作者单位	[Scopin, Alexey E.] Prof BM Zhitkov Russian Res Inst Game Management, 79 Preobrazhenskaya Str, Kirov 610000, Russia; [Dzhapova, Vita V.] Kalmyk State Univ, Dept Vet Sci, 11 Pushkina Str, Elista 358000, Kalmyk Republic, Russia; [Bembeeva, Olga G.] Inst Integrated Studies Arid Terr Kalmyk Republ, 111 Khomutnikova Str, Elista 358005, Kalmyk Republic, Russia; [Ayusheva, Elena Ch; Dzhapova, Raisa R.] Kalmyk State Univ, Dept Bot, 11 Pushkina Str, Elista 358000, Kalmyk Republic, Russia; [Abaturov, Boris D.] AN Severtsov Inst Ecol & Evolut, 33 Leninski Prospekt, Moscow 119071, Russia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Scopin, Alexey E.,Dzhapova, Vita V.,Bembeeva, Olga G.,et al. Diet selection by the social vole Microtus socialis (Pallas, 1773) in the Northwest Caspian Lowland[J],2020,19(2):136-148.
APA	Scopin, Alexey E.,Dzhapova, Vita V.,Bembeeva, Olga G.,Ayusheva, Elena Ch,Dzhapova, Raisa R.,&Abaturov, Boris D..(2020).Diet selection by the social vole Microtus socialis (Pallas, 1773) in the Northwest Caspian Lowland.RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF THERIOLOGY,19(2),136-148.
MLA	Scopin, Alexey E.,et al."Diet selection by the social vole Microtus socialis (Pallas, 1773) in the Northwest Caspian Lowland".RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF THERIOLOGY 19.2(2020):136-148.