Altitudinal Variation in Digestive Tract Length in Yunnan Pond Frog (Pelophylax pleuraden)

IF 1.2 3区生物学 Q2 ZOOLOGY

Asian Herpetological Research Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI:10.3724/SP.J.1245.2013.00263

Shangling, Lou, Yanhong, Li, Long, Jin, Zhiping, Wenchao, Liu, Wenbo, Liao

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Abstract

Abstract The digestive tract plays an important role in digestion and the acquisition of food energy. Understanding the impact of abiotic environments on digestive tract morphology is especially important for evolution of digestive tract across different environments. Here, we investigated altitudinal variation in digestive tract length in the Yunnan Pond Frog ( Pelophylax pleuraden ) across five populations ranging from 1413 m to 1935 m a.s.l. in Ningnan County, Sichuan province in western China. Frogs were collected during the breeding season, from 1–5 June 2012. Our results revealed that females had longer digestive tract and relative digestive tract ( i.e. digestive tract length / body size) lengths in com-parison to males, on average, but the differences between them decreased with increasing altitude. Digestive tract and relative digestive tract lengths increased with increasing altitude suggesting that a higher proportion of indigestible ma-terials may be consumed at high-altitude sites and result in a relative increase in digestive tract dimensions.

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云南塘蛙消化道长度的海拔变异

摘要消化道在消化和食物能量的获取中起着重要的作用。了解非生物环境对消化道形态的影响对消化道在不同环境下的进化尤为重要。摘要在四川省宁南县海拔1413 ~ 1935 m的5个种群中，研究了云南塘蛙(Pelophylax pleuraden)消化道长度的海拔变化。在2012年6月1日至5日的繁殖季节收集青蛙。结果表明，雌性的平均消化道和相对消化道(即消化道长度/体型)长度比雄性长，但两者之间的差异随着海拔的升高而减小。消化道和相对消化道长度随着海拔的升高而增加，这表明在海拔高的地方可能消耗更多的不消化物质，从而导致消化道尺寸的相对增加。

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Asian Herpetological Research ZOOLOGY-

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2.80

自引率

7.10%

发文量

441

审稿时长

>12 weeks

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