Many-lined Sun Skinks(Mabuya multifasciata) Shift Their Thermal Preferences Downwards When Fasted

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作者：
LI Hong [1 ]
MAO Luxi [1 ]
SHI Linqiang [2 ]
JI Xiang [1 ]
机构：
[1] Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology,College of Life Sciences,Nanjing Normal University
[2] Hangzhou Key Laboratory for Animal Adaptation and Evolution,Hangzhou Normal University
来源：
Asian Herpetological Research | 2010年 / 1卷 / 01期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Scincidae; feeding condition; selected body temperature; adaptive response; food deprivation;
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中图分类号：
Q958 [动物生态学和动物地理学];
学科分类号：
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要：
We maintained adult many-lined sun skinks(Mabuya multifasciata; 12 females and 12 males) collected from Hainan(southern China) in September 2006 in two outdoor enclosures to examine the effect of feeding condition on selected body temperature(Tsel).Skinks shifted their thermal preferences when fasted.Temporal variation in Tsel was not found within each sex feeding condition combination,and neither in fed nor in fasted skinks did the mean values for Tsel differ between sexes.Body temperatures selected by fed skinks fell within the range from 30.2 to 33.9 C,and those selected by fasted skinks within the range from 25.1 to 31.8 C.Body temperatures(31.8 0.3 C) selected by fed skinks were on average 4.0 C higher than those(27.8 0.4 C) selected by fasted skinks.Fasted skinks had no difficulty in attaining higher body temperatures,but they voluntarily shift their thermal preferences downwards to save energy.This finding suggests an adaptive mechanism adopted by many-lined sun skinks to enhance their fitness during the periods when food availability is low.
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