Qing-Sheng Chi, Gansukh Sukhchuluun, Jing Wen, De-Hua Wang, Fritz Geiser
{"title":"内蒙古3种同域啮齿动物的冬眠表达及模式。","authors":"Qing-Sheng Chi, Gansukh Sukhchuluun, Jing Wen, De-Hua Wang, Fritz Geiser","doi":"10.1093/cz/zoae057","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The diversity of rodents in Asian deserts is high. Nevertheless, little is known about their use of daily torpor and hibernation, which are employed by many small mammals worldwide for energy and water conservation to permit survival under adverse environmental conditions. We quantified for the first time, using temperature transponders and data loggers, long-term torpor expression and patterns in sympatric desert hamsters <i>Phodopus roborovskii</i>, striped hamsters <i>Cricetulus barabensis</i> and 3-toed jerboas <i>Dipus sagitta</i> under controlled conditions. Animals were live-trapped in Inner Mongolia in August and held in captivity under short photoperiods and low ambient temperatures (<i>T</i> <sub>a</sub>s) for about 6 months. Both hamster species (~half of individuals) expressed spontaneous (food available) daily torpor. Daily torpor in desert hamsters was less frequent and shallower than that in striped hamsters, which also had longer torpor bouts during torpor at <i>T</i> <sub>a</sub> 15.8 ± 0.4 °C. Only one individual jerboa entered hibernation spontaneously at <i>T</i> <sub>a</sub> 6.2 ± 0.5°C, but all hibernated after food deprivation. The 2 hamster species only slightly changed their body mass during the acclimation, whereas jerboas greatly increased their body mass by 27.9% during the first 2 months of acclimation probably as a preparation for the hibernating season. Our data show that short photoperiod and moderately low <i>T</i> <sub>a</sub> induces spontaneous daily torpor in the 2 hamster species, suggesting that it is used regularly in the wild. Hibernation in Jerboas occurred at <i>T</i> <sub>a</sub> 6.2 ± 0.5 °C especially when food was withheld suggesting limited food availability is the proximate trigger of their hibernation.</p>","PeriodicalId":50599,"journal":{"name":"Current Zoology","volume":"71 3","pages":"381-389"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12227420/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Torpor expression and patterns in 3 sympatric rodents from Inner Mongolia.\",\"authors\":\"Qing-Sheng Chi, Gansukh Sukhchuluun, Jing Wen, De-Hua Wang, Fritz Geiser\",\"doi\":\"10.1093/cz/zoae057\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<p><p>The diversity of rodents in Asian deserts is high. Nevertheless, little is known about their use of daily torpor and hibernation, which are employed by many small mammals worldwide for energy and water conservation to permit survival under adverse environmental conditions. We quantified for the first time, using temperature transponders and data loggers, long-term torpor expression and patterns in sympatric desert hamsters <i>Phodopus roborovskii</i>, striped hamsters <i>Cricetulus barabensis</i> and 3-toed jerboas <i>Dipus sagitta</i> under controlled conditions. Animals were live-trapped in Inner Mongolia in August and held in captivity under short photoperiods and low ambient temperatures (<i>T</i> <sub>a</sub>s) for about 6 months. Both hamster species (~half of individuals) expressed spontaneous (food available) daily torpor. Daily torpor in desert hamsters was less frequent and shallower than that in striped hamsters, which also had longer torpor bouts during torpor at <i>T</i> <sub>a</sub> 15.8 ± 0.4 °C. Only one individual jerboa entered hibernation spontaneously at <i>T</i> <sub>a</sub> 6.2 ± 0.5°C, but all hibernated after food deprivation. The 2 hamster species only slightly changed their body mass during the acclimation, whereas jerboas greatly increased their body mass by 27.9% during the first 2 months of acclimation probably as a preparation for the hibernating season. Our data show that short photoperiod and moderately low <i>T</i> <sub>a</sub> induces spontaneous daily torpor in the 2 hamster species, suggesting that it is used regularly in the wild. Hibernation in Jerboas occurred at <i>T</i> <sub>a</sub> 6.2 ± 0.5 °C especially when food was withheld suggesting limited food availability is the proximate trigger of their hibernation.</p>\",\"PeriodicalId\":50599,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Current Zoology\",\"volume\":\"71 3\",\"pages\":\"381-389\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":2.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"2024-09-24\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12227420/pdf/\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Current Zoology\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"99\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoae057\",\"RegionNum\":2,\"RegionCategory\":\"生物学\",\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"2025/6/1 0:00:00\",\"PubModel\":\"eCollection\",\"JCR\":\"Q2\",\"JCRName\":\"ZOOLOGY\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Zoology","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoae057","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/6/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ZOOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
Torpor expression and patterns in 3 sympatric rodents from Inner Mongolia.
The diversity of rodents in Asian deserts is high. Nevertheless, little is known about their use of daily torpor and hibernation, which are employed by many small mammals worldwide for energy and water conservation to permit survival under adverse environmental conditions. We quantified for the first time, using temperature transponders and data loggers, long-term torpor expression and patterns in sympatric desert hamsters Phodopus roborovskii, striped hamsters Cricetulus barabensis and 3-toed jerboas Dipus sagitta under controlled conditions. Animals were live-trapped in Inner Mongolia in August and held in captivity under short photoperiods and low ambient temperatures (Tas) for about 6 months. Both hamster species (~half of individuals) expressed spontaneous (food available) daily torpor. Daily torpor in desert hamsters was less frequent and shallower than that in striped hamsters, which also had longer torpor bouts during torpor at Ta 15.8 ± 0.4 °C. Only one individual jerboa entered hibernation spontaneously at Ta 6.2 ± 0.5°C, but all hibernated after food deprivation. The 2 hamster species only slightly changed their body mass during the acclimation, whereas jerboas greatly increased their body mass by 27.9% during the first 2 months of acclimation probably as a preparation for the hibernating season. Our data show that short photoperiod and moderately low Ta induces spontaneous daily torpor in the 2 hamster species, suggesting that it is used regularly in the wild. Hibernation in Jerboas occurred at Ta 6.2 ± 0.5 °C especially when food was withheld suggesting limited food availability is the proximate trigger of their hibernation.
Current ZoologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences-Animal Science and Zoology
CiteScore
3.20
自引率
9.10%
发文量
111
审稿时长
6 weeks
期刊介绍:
About the Journal
Current Zoology (formerly Acta Zoologica Sinica, founded in 1935) is an open access, bimonthly, peer-reviewed international journal of zoology. It publishes review articles and research papers in the fields of ecology, evolution and behaviour.
Current Zoology is sponsored by Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with the China Zoological Society.