Metabolic cost of first reproduction in young female European roe deer Capreolus capreolus

• Autorzy: Mauget C. , Mauget R. , Sempere A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In female roe deer Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758), like in several deer species, first reproduction occurs before they have reached their full body size. This study quantifies, in young females, the energetic costs induced by the contemporaneously occurring events: growth and first reproduction. Resting metabolic rate and body mass were measured in young primiparous females from first mating to 4 months after parturition, and compared to values measured in fully-grown adult multiparous females. Throughout the 10-month period from mating to fawning, body mass increased in yearlings. Prior to the blastocyst implantation (month -5 before parturition) young females were lighter than adult females whereas after parturition they had the same body mass. Our results suggest that body growth was reinitiated during pregnancy in primiparous females. From mating to fawning, except in the first part of pregnancy, mass-specific metabolism was higher in primiparous females than in multiparous individuals indicating the occurrence of an additional cost due to growth in young females. The depressed level observed at the beginning of gestation could allow the resumption of growth at lower cost. Thus, the allocation of resources to both reproduction and growth was not detrimental to first reproduction in young female roe deer under experimental conditions with ad. lib feeding.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

reproduction; young female; European roe deer; lactation; body mass; Capreolus capreolus; roe deer; first reproduction; gestation; female; energetic strategy

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 2003
• Tom: 48
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.197-206,fig.

Twórcy

autor

Mauget C.

• Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chize-CNRS, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France

autor

Mauget R.

autor

Sempere A.

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