PL EN


Preferencje help
Widoczny [Schowaj] Abstrakt
Liczba wyników
2015 | 17 | 1 |

Tytuł artykułu

Dietary plasticity in the Ryukyu flying fox on a subtropical island at the northern range limit of Pteropus

Warianty tytułu

Języki publikacji

EN

Abstrakty

EN
Fruit bats are divided into two types of foragers: specialists that use limited core plant taxa, and generalists that use a variety of plants. We examined the food habits of Pteropus dasymallus at two sites with different flora, a forested and an urbanized area in a subtropical island. The plant species used differed between the two sites, and the degree of use of three food types (fruits, flowers, and leaves) also changed. These results suggest that P. dasymallus shows dietary plasticity according to food conditions of living locations. The plant diversity was higher in the urbanized area than in the forested area, however, actual diet breadth (Levins' index) was lower in the urbanized area, due to the intensive use of specific plant species in the urbanized area. The bats used Ficus microcarpa, as a core plant, which long fruiting periods and high abundance in the urbanized area. In addition, we compared these findings on the diet breadths to those reported in other Pteropus species, and suggested that diet breadths of flying foxes might be generalized in subtropics in which food shortages occur irregularly and be specialized in tropics with a high abundance of specific plants with long fruiting periods.

Słowa kluczowe

Wydawca

-

Rocznik

Tom

17

Numer

1

Opis fizyczny

p.105-116,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor
  • Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
autor
  • Faculty of Law, Okinawa International University, Ginowan, Okinawa 901-2701, Japan
autor
  • Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan

Bibliografia

  • 1. S. A. Banack 1998. Diet selection and resource use by flying foxes (genus Pteropus). Ecology, 79: 1949–1967. Google Scholar
  • 2. R. M. R. Barclay 1994. Constraints on reproduction by flying vertebrates: energy and calcium. The American Naturalist, 144: 1021–1031. Google Scholar
  • 3. A. Bollen , and L. Van Elsacker . 2002. Feeding ecology of Pte ropus rufus (Pteropodidae) in the littoral forest of Sainte Luce, SE Madagascar. Acta Chiropterologica, 4: 33–47. Google Scholar
  • 4. S. E. Courts 1998. Dietary strategies of old world fruit bats (Mega chiroptera, Pteropodidae): how do they obtain sufficient protein? Mammal Review, 28: 185–194. Google Scholar
  • 5. B. Dalsgaard , E. Magard , J. Fjeldsa , A. M. M. Gonzalez , C. Rahbek , J. M. Olesen , J. Ollerton , R. Alarcon , A. C. Araujo , P. A. Cotton , et al. 2011. Specialization in planthummingbird networks is associated with species richness, contemporary precipitation and quaternary climate-change velocity. PLoS ONE, 6: e25891. Google Scholar
  • 6. E. R. Dumont 2003. Bats and fruit: an ecomorphological approach. Pp. 398–429, in Bat ecology ( T. H. Kunz and B. Fenton , eds.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, xix + 779 pp . Google Scholar
  • 7. L. A. Dyer , M. S. Singer , J. T. Lill , J. O. Stireman , G. L. Gentry , R. J. Marquis , R. E. Ricklefs , H. F. Greeney , D. L. Wagner , H. C. Morais , et al. 2007. Host specificity of Lepidoptera in tropical and temperate forests. Nature, 448: 696–699. Google Scholar
  • 8. A. C. Entwistle , and N. Corp . 1997. The diet of Pteropus voeltz kowi, an endangered fruit bat endemic to Pemba Island, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, 35: 351–360. Google Scholar
  • 9. T. H. Fleming 1982. Foraging strategies of plant-visiting bats. Pp. 287–325, in Ecology of bats ( T. H. Kunz , ed.). Plenum Press, New York, xviii + 425 pp. Google Scholar
  • 10. T. H. Fleming 1986. Opportunism versus specialization: the evol ution of feeding strategies in frugivorous bats. Pp. 105–118, in Frugivores and seed dispersal ( A. Estrada and T. H. Fleming , eds.). Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, xiii + 392 pp. Google Scholar
  • 11. T. H. Fleming 1993. Plant-visiting bats. American Scientist, 81: 460–467. Google Scholar
  • 12. T. H. Fleming 2005. The relationship between species richness of vertebrate mutualists and their food plants in tropical and subtropical communities differs among hemispheres. Oikos, 111: 556–562. Google Scholar
  • 13. T. H. Fleming , and N. Muchhala . 2008. Nectar-feeding bird and bat niches in two worlds: pantropical comparisons of vertebrate pollination systems. Journal of Biogeography, 35: 764–780. Google Scholar
  • 14. T. H. Fleming , R. Breitwisch , and G. H. Whitesides . 1987. Patterns of tropical vertebrate frugivore diversity. Annual Re view of Ecology and Systematics, 18: 91–109. Google Scholar
  • 15. M. S. Fujita , and M. D. Tuttle . 1991. Flying foxes (Chiro ptera: Pteropodidae): threatened animals of key ecological and economic importance. Conservation Biology, 5: 455–463. Google Scholar
  • 16. A. Gentry 1988. Changes in plant community diversity and floristic composition on environmental and geographical gradients. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 75: 1–34. Google Scholar
  • 17. E. R. Heithaus 1982. Coevolution between bats and plants. Pp. 327–367, in Ecology of bats ( T. H. Kunz , ed.). Plenum Press, New York, xviii + 425 pp . Google Scholar
  • 18. M. Inaba , M. Odamaki , A. Fujii , S. Takatsuki , N. Sugita , T. Fujita , and H. Suzuki . 2005. Food habits of Bonin flying foxes, Pteropus pselaphon, Layard 1829 on the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, Japan. Ogasawara Research, 30: 15–23. Google Scholar
  • 19. N. R. Ingle , and L. R. Heaney . 1992. A key to the bats of the Philippine Islands. Fieldiana Zoology (N.S.), 69: 1–44. Google Scholar
  • 20. IUCN. 2013. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Available at http://www.iucnredlist.org/. Accessed 17 December 2013. Google Scholar
  • 21. R. K. B. Jenkins , D. Andriafidison , H. J. Razafimanahaka , A. Rabearivelo , N. Razafindrakoto , Z. Ratsimandresy , R. H. Andrianandrasana , E. Razafimahatratra , and P. A. Racey . 2007. Not rare, but threatened: the endemic Madagascar flying fox Pteropus rufus in a fragmented landscape. Oryx, 41: 263–271. Google Scholar
  • 22. K. Kinjo , and A. Nakamoto . 2009. Pteropus dasymallus. Pp. 52–53, in The wild mammals in Japan ( S. D. Ohdachi , Y. Ishibashi , M. A. Iwasa , and T. Saitoh , eds.). Shoukadoh Book Sellers and the Mammalogical Society of Japan, Kyoto, 544 pp. Google Scholar
  • 23. D. J. Kitchener , A. Gunnell , and Maharadatunkamsi . 1990. Aspects of the feeding biology of fruit bats (Pteropodidae) on Lombok Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Mammalia, 54: 561–578. Google Scholar
  • 24. C. Krebs 1989. Ecological methodology. Harper & Row, New York, 654 pp. Google Scholar
  • 25. T. H. Kunz , and C. A. Diaz . 1995. Folivory in fruit-eating bats, with new evidence from Artibeus jamaicensis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Biotropica, 27: 106–120. Google Scholar
  • 26. Y.-F. Lee , T. Takaso , T.-Y. Chiang , Y.-M. Kuo , N. Nakanishi , H.-Y. Tzeng , and K. Yasuda . 2009. Variation in the nocturnal foraging distribution of and resource use by endangered Ryukyu flying foxes (Pteropus dasymallus) on Iriomotejima Island, Japan. Contributions to Zoology, 78: 51–64. Google Scholar
  • 27. L. B. Liat 1970. Food habits and breeding cycle of the Malaysian fruit-eating bat, Cynopterus brachyotis. Journal of Mam malogy, 51: 174–177. Google Scholar
  • 28. E. Long , and P. A. Racey . 2007. An exotic plantation crop as a keystone resource for an endemic megachiropteran, Pteropus rufus, in Madagascar. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 23: 397–407. Google Scholar
  • 29. J. S. Marinho-Filho 1991. The coexistence of two frugivorous bat species and the phenology of their food plants in Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 7: 59–67. Google Scholar
  • 30. S. P. Mickleburgh , A. M. Hutson , and P. A. Racey . 1992. Old World fruit bats: an action plan for their conservation. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, 252 pp. Google Scholar
  • 31. A. Miyawaki 1989. Vegetation of Japan, volume 10 Okinawa & Ogasawara. Shibundo Co. Ltd. Publishers, Tokyo, 678 pp. [In Japanese with English summary]. Google Scholar
  • 32. N. Muchhala 2006. Nectar bat stows huge tongue in its rib cage. Nature, 444: 701–702. Google Scholar
  • 33. A. Nakamoto 2008. Foraging ecology of the Orii's flying-fox Pteropus dasymallus inopinatus. Ph.D. Thesis, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, 123 pp. Google Scholar
  • 34. A. Nakamoto , K. Kinjo , and M. Izawa . 2007a. Diet of the Ryu kyu flying-fox (Pteropus dasymallus). The Biological Magazine Okinawa, 45: 61–77. [In Japanese with English abstract]. Google Scholar
  • 35. A. Nakamoto , K. Kinjo , and M. Izawa . 2007b. Food habits of Orii's flying-fox, Pteropus dasymallus inopinatus, in relation to food availability in an urban area of Okinawa-jima Island, the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Acta Chiropterologica, 9: 237–249. Google Scholar
  • 36. A. Nakamoto , S. Itabe , A. Sato , K. Kinjo , and M. Izawa . 2011a. Geographical distribution pattern and interisland move ments of Orii's flying fox in Okinawa Islands, the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Population Ecology, 53: 241–252. Google Scholar
  • 37. A. Nakamoto , A. Sato , K. Kinjo , and M. Izawa . 2011b. Population growth of Orii's flying fox, Pteropus dasymallus inopinatus, on Okinawa-jima Island. Japanese Journal of Con servation Ecology, 16: 45–53. [In Japanese with English abstract]. Google Scholar
  • 38. A. Nakamoto , K. Kinjo , and M. Izawa . 2012. Ranging patterns and habitat use of a solitary flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus) on Okinawa-jima Island, Japan. Acta Chiro pterologica, 14: 387–399. Google Scholar
  • 39. D. F. Nyhagen , S. D. Turnbull , J. M. Olesen , and C. G. Jones . 2005. An investigation into the role of the Mauritian flying fox, Pteropus niger, in forest regeneration. Biological Conservation, 122: 491–497. Google Scholar
  • 40. J. Olesen , and P. Jordano . 2002. Geographic patterns in plantpollinator mutualistic networks. Ecology, 83: 2416–2424. Google Scholar
  • 41. K. A. Parry-Jones , and M. L. Augee . 1991. The diet of flyingfoxes in the Sydney and Gosford areas of New South Wales, based on sighting reports 1986–1990. Australian Zoologist, 27: 49–54. Google Scholar
  • 42. P. A. Racey , and M. E. Nicoll . 1984. Chapter 31: Mammals of the Seychelles. Pp. 607–626, in Biogeography and ecology of the Seychelles islands ( D. R. Stoddart , ed.). Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Hague, xii + 691 pp. Google Scholar
  • 43. P. A. Racey , S. M. Goodman , and R. K. B. Jenkins . 2009. The ecology and conservation of Malagasy bats. Pp. 369–404, in Island bats: evolution, ecology, and conservation ( T. H. Fleming and P. A. Racey , eds.). Chicago University Press, Chicago, vi + 549 pp. Google Scholar
  • 44. B. J. Roberts , C. P. Catterall , P. Eby , and J. Kanowski . 2012. Long-distance and frequent movements of the flyingfox Pteropus poliocephalus: implications for management. PLoS ONE, 7: e42532. Google Scholar
  • 45. P. Roberts , and W. A. Seabrook . 1989. A relationship between black rats (Rattus rattus), Seychelles fruit bats (Pteropus seychellensis aldabrensis) and the coccoid (Icerya seychellarum) (Insecta, Homoptera) on Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles. Journal of Zoology (London), 218: 332–334. Google Scholar
  • 46. R. A. Saldaña-Vázquez , V. J. Sosa , L. I. Iñiguez-Dávalos , and J. E. Schondube . 2013. The role of extrinsic and intrinsic factors in Neotropical fruit bat-plant interactions. Journal of Mammalogy, 94: 632–639. Google Scholar
  • 47. M. S. Sánchez , N. P. Giannini , and R. M. Barquez . 2012. Bat frugivory in two subtropical rain forests of Northern Argentina: testing hypotheses of fruit selection in the Neotropics. Mammalian Biology, 77: 22–31. Google Scholar
  • 48. J. L. Sedlock , F. Kruger , and E. L. Clare . 2014. Island bat diets: does it matter more who you are or where you live? Mol ecular Ecology, 23: 3684–3694. Google Scholar
  • 49. R. C. B. Utzurrum 1992. Conservation status of Philippine fruit bats (Pteropodidae). Silliman Journal, 36: 27–45. Google Scholar
  • 50. D. Vázquez and R. Stevens . 2004. The latitudinal gradient in niche breadth: concepts and evidence. The American Naturalist, 164: E1–E19. Google Scholar
  • 51. C. C. Voigt , D. H. Kelm , B. J. Bradley , and S. Ortmann . 2009. Dietary analysis of plant-visiting bats. Pp. 593–609, in Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats, ( T. H. Kunz , and S. Parsons , eds.). The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, xvii + 901 pp. Google Scholar
  • 52. G. J. Wiles , J. Engbring , and D. Otobed . 1997. Abundance, biology, and human exploitation of bats in the Palau Islands. Journal of Zoology (London), 241: 203–227. Google Scholar
  • 53. N. S. G. Williams , M. J. McDonnell , G. K. Phelan , L. D. Keim , and R. Van Der Ree . 2006. Range expansion due to urbanization: increased food resources attract grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) to Melbourne. Austral Ecology, 31: 190–198. Google Scholar
  • 54. M. Yoshiyuki 1989. A systematic study of the Japanese Chiroptera. National Science Museum, Tokyo, 242 pp. Google Scholar

Typ dokumentu

Bibliografia

Identyfikator YADDA

bwmeta1.element.agro-27a967ce-aec0-423c-958c-a726e864c16b
JavaScript jest wyłączony w Twojej przeglądarce internetowej. Włącz go, a następnie odśwież stronę, aby móc w pełni z niej korzystać.