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Multiple Factors Shape Timing of Birth in Mule Deer | |
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2021-04-13 | |
发布年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 美国 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
正文(英文) | A five-year study of mule deer does and newborn fawns in western Wyoming shows that migrating deer have a lot to balance when it comes to birth timing. The study led by University of Wyoming scientists challenges the long-held assumption that animals match offspring birth with the peak green-up of forage at the birth site. Instead, only deer that migrated long distances and followed the flush of spring green-up from low elevation winter ranges to higher-elevation summer ranges were able to match birth with peak green-up. Other deer migrated shorter distances and gave birth earlier, but birth was out of sync with green-up. The researchers' work appears in the journal Ecology. To examine the factors shaping birth timing, researchers integrated highly detailed data on female deer, including movement data from GPS collars, body condition and gestational development from ultrasonography of adult female deer, and intensive fieldwork to locate newborn fawns. "In contrast to existing theory, which predicts that conditions at the birth site should shape optimal birth timing, our results provide a clear example of birth timing being shaped by trade-offs arising from events occurring away from the birth site and from other parts of the annual cycle," the researchers wrote. Migration results in animals having to time important events, such as reproduction, within tight time schedules. In general, mule deer in western Wyoming give birth in early June, generally after migration is over but early enough for fawns to grow large enough to survive the onset of winter. The deer that were part of the study included animals that migrated long distances between winter and summer ranges, as well as those that migrated shorter distances. Among the study's findings:
"Conceptualizing birth timing through the lens of the full annual cycle helps to illuminate additional trade-offs that migrants face when balancing reproduction with migration, foraging and accumulation of fat reserves," the researchers wrote. They say the link between movement tactics and timing of birth has important conservation and management implications. For example, human-caused disturbances to migration patterns could harm deer reproduction until animals have time to adjust. Additionally, the diversity of movement behaviors among western Wyoming mule deer is important to preserve, as animal populations with greater life-history diversity have been found to be more able to withstand environmental changes. Story Source: Materials provided by University of Wyoming. Note: Content may be edited for style and length. Journal Reference:
Cite This Page: University of Wyoming. "Multiple factors shape timing of birth in mule deer." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 13 April 2021.
University of Wyoming. (2021, April 13). Multiple factors shape timing of birth in mule deer. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 13, 2021 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210413110638.htm
University of Wyoming. "Multiple factors shape timing of birth in mule deer." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210413110638.htm (accessed April 13, 2021).
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/322222 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
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