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PMID: 22019786 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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In natural conditions, animals have to cope with fluctuations of food resources. Animals having experienced prolonged decrease in feeding opportunities may increase their reproductive success when meeting abundant food. Though food restriction is well known to reduce reproductive success of animals, it is not clear whether re-feeding can restore or even overcompensate the reproductive success. In this study, we investigated the differences in reproductive parameters between food-restricted and refed (FR-RF) group and control group of Brandt's vole (Lasiopodomys brandtii). For 4weeks, FR-RF voles were provided with 70% of their normal daily food intake and then they were fed ad libitum for the next 4weeks. Voles of control group were fed ad libitum for 8weeks. Females (FR-RF or control) were mated to non-littermate males of the same group (FR-RF or control), and we found that the mean litter size and survival rate of F1 pups of FR-RF group were significantly higher than those of control group. We also provided a field example showing that the litter size of Brandt's voles tended to be higher if they experienced two consecutive dry and wet months than that of voles didn't have this experience. Our results suggest that re-feeding may have evoked an overcompensatory mechanism of food-restricted voles in reproductive success. This may be an adaptive strategy for Brandt's voles (with oscillating populations) to cope with the fluctuating food resources in natural conditions by adjusting their reproductive success. |
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Xuehui Xie; Yilei Wen; Hongxing Niu; Dazhao Shi; Zhibin Zhang |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-10-12 |
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Title: Physiology & behavior Volume: - ISSN: 1873-507X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0151504 Medline TA: Physiol Behav Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichenxi Road 1-5, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, PR China; Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Lu, Beijing 100049, PR China. |
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