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Synergistic effects of predation and parasites on the overwinter survival of root voles
Shang, Guo-Zhen; Zhu, Ya-Hui; Wu, Yan; Cao, Yi-Fan; Bian, Jiang-Hui
2019
发表期刊OECOLOGIA
卷号191期号:1
摘要Predators and parasites have been important extrinsic factors influencing the fluctuation of small mammal populations. They can have non-additive effects on a shared group of preys or hosts, which can have important consequences for population dynamics. However, experimental studies incorporating the interactions between predation and parasites are scarce in small mammal populations. Here we systematically examined the synergistic effects of predators and coccidian parasites interaction on overwinter survival and likely mechanisms underlying the synergistic effects in the root vole (Microtus oeconomus). Our aim was to test the general hypothesis that predators and coccidia interact synergistically to decrease overwinter survival of root voles through mediating vole's physiological traits and body conditions. We carried out a factorial experimental design, by which we manipulated the predator exclusion in combination with the parasitic removal in enclosures, and then measured fecal corticosterone metabolite (FCM) levels, immunocompetence, and body conditions in captured animals via repeated live trapping. We found a strong negative synergistic effect of predators and coccidia on survival. Importantly, we found that predators increased both the prevalence and intensity of coccidian infection in voles through immune suppression induced by predation stress, while increased coccidian infection reduced plasma protein and hematocrit level of voles, which may impair anti-predator ability of voles and lead to an increase in predation. Our finding showed when voles are exposed to both predation risk and infection, their synergistic effects greatly reduce overwinter survival and population density. This may be an important mechanism influencing population dynamics in small mammals.
关键词Predation Parasite Stress Immunocompetence Overwinter survival
文献类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/59712
专题中国科学院西北高原生物研究所
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Shang, Guo-Zhen,Zhu, Ya-Hui,Wu, Yan,et al. Synergistic effects of predation and parasites on the overwinter survival of root voles[J]. OECOLOGIA,2019,191(1).
APA Shang, Guo-Zhen,Zhu, Ya-Hui,Wu, Yan,Cao, Yi-Fan,&Bian, Jiang-Hui.(2019).Synergistic effects of predation and parasites on the overwinter survival of root voles.OECOLOGIA,191(1).
MLA Shang, Guo-Zhen,et al."Synergistic effects of predation and parasites on the overwinter survival of root voles".OECOLOGIA 191.1(2019).
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