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DOI | 10.1111/ele.12830 |
Evidence of developmental niche construction in dung beetles: effects on growth, scaling and reproductive success | |
Schwab, Daniel B.; Casasa, Sofia; Moczek, Armin P. | |
2017-11-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGY LETTERS |
ISSN | 1461-023X |
EISSN | 1461-0248 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 20期号:11 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Niche construction occurs when organisms modify their environments and alter selective conditions through their physiology and behaviours. Such modifications can bias phenotypic variation and enhance organism-environment fit. Yet few studies exist that experimentally assess the degree to which environmental modifications shape developmental and fitness outcomes, how their influences may differ among species and identify the underlying proximate mechanisms. Here, we experimentally eliminate environmental modifications from the developmental environment of Onthophagus dung beetles. We show that these modifications (1) differentially influence growth among species, (2) consistently shape scaling relationships in fitness-related traits, (3) are necessary for the maintenance of sexual dimorphism, (4) influence reproductive success among females of at least one species and (5) implicate larval cultivation of an external rumen as a possible mechanism for environmental modification. Our results present evidence that Onthophagus larvae engage in niche construction, and that this is a fundamental component of beetle development and fitness. |
英文关键词 | developmental plasticity developmental symbiosis ecological inheritance horned beetles Onthophagus |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000413145900001 |
WOS关键词 | DEPENDENT SEXUAL-DIMORPHISM ; ONTHOPHAGUS-TAURUS ; HORNED BEETLES ; GENETIC-VARIATION ; EVOLUTION ; SCARABAEIDAE ; COLEOPTERA ; ECOLOGY ; CONSEQUENCES ; POPULATIONS |
WOS类目 | Ecology |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/31427 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | Indiana Univ, Dept Biol, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Schwab, Daniel B.,Casasa, Sofia,Moczek, Armin P.. Evidence of developmental niche construction in dung beetles: effects on growth, scaling and reproductive success[J]. ECOLOGY LETTERS,2017,20(11). |
APA | Schwab, Daniel B.,Casasa, Sofia,&Moczek, Armin P..(2017).Evidence of developmental niche construction in dung beetles: effects on growth, scaling and reproductive success.ECOLOGY LETTERS,20(11). |
MLA | Schwab, Daniel B.,et al."Evidence of developmental niche construction in dung beetles: effects on growth, scaling and reproductive success".ECOLOGY LETTERS 20.11(2017). |
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