东方白鹳繁殖期行为时间分配及日节律

2009年3—6月,采用扫描取样法对在黄河三角洲国家级自然保护区内繁殖成功的4对东方白鹳的行为活动进行了观察,同时对东方白鹳在繁殖期的行为时间分配和日节律进行了研究。结果表明:繁殖期各行为时间所占比例依次是繁殖22.17%±21.69%(其中孵化19.75%±20.71%,晾卵1.31%±2.16%,育幼1.00%±1.01%,交配0.11%±0.32%),静栖19.09%±13.94%,修巢6.40%±5.92%,警戒3.94%±4.88%,理羽3.11%±2.31%,其他行为45.27%±11.08%;在繁殖不同时期各行为差异显著(P0.01)。东方白鹳在繁殖期不同阶段行为活动存在一定节律,并且不同阶段日节律明显不同。此外,温度与晾卵(r=0.810,P0.01)、孵化(r=-0.518,P0.01)行为显著相关;车辆数与警戒(r=0.745,P0.01)、静栖(r=0.612,P0.01)行为显著相关。     

越冬地东方白鹳繁殖生物学的初步研究

近年来,陆续在长江中下游越冬地发现东方白鹳(Ciconia boyciana)繁殖个体。为了了解该种在当地的繁殖对策和种群现状,2004-2006年在安庆市望江县武昌湖地区(116°51.15′-116°49.47′E,30°19.53′-30°19.79′N)对东方白鹳的繁殖生物学进行了研究。东方白鹳在当地开始营巢时间不一致,最早为2月5日,而受干扰的繁殖个体则延至5月6日。观察到的巢全在高压线塔上,巢高34.6±0.8m(n=11),巢间距908.8±1039.4m(n=6)。产卵期最早开始于2月11日,最晚6月21日,窝卵数4.2±0.4(4-5)枚(n=6)。育雏期71.0±16.1d(n=3),日育雏5.1±2.6(n=38),雏鸟离巢时间最早6月14日,最晚9月20日。2004和2005年东方白鹳在该地区共营巢8窝,产卵25枚,孵出雏鸟9只,出飞7只。繁殖失败5巢,其中,人工干扰造成4巢失败,高压电击毁1巢。繁殖不同时期,亲鸟的觅食、休息、警戒、取材、翻卵、育雏、交配、在巢、视野外行为时间分配差异显著,而飞翔、行走、理羽、击喙、整巢和其它行为差异不显著。雏鸟在发育的不同时期,觅食、飞翔、休息、整巢、在巢、行走、视野外行为时间分配差异显著,理羽、警戒、击喙和其它行为差异不显著     

笼养东方白鹳春季行为和时间分配的研究

笼养东方白鹳春季日节律行为和时间分配的研究结果表明 :其各种行为的时间分配不同 ,并出现较明显的日节律。节律变化与饲养方式和笼舍环境等因素有关 ,性别、年龄、繁殖与否等影响其时间分配。     

笼养蓝冠噪鹛行为节律和时间分配研究

为了解笼养蓝冠噪鹛Garrulax courtoisi的行为节律和时间分配,2015年1—12月,采用全天瞬时扫描法,在南昌动物园对人工饲养的8只蓝冠噪鹛各种行为节律及时间分配进行了研究。结果表明,蓝冠噪鹛各种行为在全年的变化趋势不尽相同,繁殖期营巢、交配、卧巢、孵卵和育雏这5种繁殖行为增加,繁殖期结束,休息明显增加;全年中觅食的时间分配最高,为36.37%,其次为飞行(24.54%)、理羽(16.73%)、休息(7.75%)、社会行为(5.43%)、育雏(4.66%)、营巢(2.36%)、孵卵(1.92%)、卧巢(0.15%)和交配(0.01%)。单因素方差分析结果显示,除交配以外,其他行为的时间分配在繁殖期不同阶段的差异均有高度统计学意义(P0.001)。不同时期蓝冠噪鹛行为节律和时间分配反映了其生活史不同时期的相应需求,本研究结果可为蓝冠噪鹛人工饲养和野生种群行为研究提供参考。     

笼养褐马鸡繁殖期与非繁殖期行为观察与比较

2014年4—10月,利用焦点个体取样法与连续记录法对北京市野生动物救护繁育中心饲养的褐马鸡Crossoptilon mantchuricum繁殖期以及非繁殖期的行为时间分配和活动节律进行了研究。统计了不同性别与不同季节的行为时间分配差异。在繁殖期,雌性褐马鸡的取食时间大于雄性,而雄性褐马鸡的移动、警戒行为时间大于雌性。在非繁殖期,雌雄褐马鸡行为差异变小,但雄性褐马鸡的警戒行为仍然较多。     

人工饲养丹顶鹤繁殖季节行为的时间分配

对哈尔滨动物园两组人工饲养的丹顶鹤繁殖季节的行为时间分配进行研究,结果表明。人工饲养丹顶鹤繁殖期行为的时间分配与野生丹顶鹤不同,按频率依次为：游走39．8％、休息21．9％、取食21．0％、理羽14．5％、繁殖2．8％;其繁殖期行为呈明显的日节律性,游走行为在中午呈现高峰,而其它行为则主要出现在上午和下午;在不同的繁殖阶段,行为时间分配总体上无明显差异。但中期的繁殖行为仍明显高于前、后期;两性间行为的时间分配差异未达显著性水平;天气阴晴状况是影响繁殖期各种行为时间分配的重要因素。通过与野生丹顶鹤进行初步比较分析,发现人工饲养鹤在行为时间分配及节律方面与野生鹤有较大差异。     

不同季节鹅喉羚昼间行为时间分配特征

2007年11月至2008年10月在新疆卡拉麦里山有蹄类野生动物保护区研究了鹅喉羚的昼间行为时间分配,共观察鹅喉羚有效个体1917只,采集行为数据时间319.5h,将鹅喉羚的昼间行为分为采食、移动、警戒、休息和"其它"5类。结果表明:春季雌性5种行为分配时间所占比例分别为67.5%、2.5%、2.7%、25.9%、1.4%,雄性分别为63.5%、3.4%、4.3%、27.5%、1.3%;夏季,雌性:43.7%、7.7%、5.6%、42.1%、1.0%;雄性:51.9%、1.7%、3.1%、41.4%、1.9%;秋季,雌性:66.3%、5.1%、4.3%、23.6%、0.7%;雄性:68.9%、6.0%、4.2%、20.7%、0.3%;冬季,雌性:68.0%、5.0%、7.0%、19.6%、0.4%;雄性:29.6%、20.6%、19.2%、29.3%、1.3%。采用卡方检验、秩和检验、方差分析比较同季节不同性别各自行为时间分配、同季节雌雄间行为时间分配、同性别不同季节的行为时间分配。结果表明:四季中雌雄各自5种行为的时间分配均存在显著差异(P0.05);比较两性间行为时间分配发现,在春夏季,雌雄间各行为时间分配无差异(P0.05),秋季移动差异显著(P0.05),而冬季5种行为间均差异显著(P0.05);季节因素对雌雄行为时间分配的影响显著。鹅喉羚以特定的行为时间分配模式适应季节更替或变化的生理周期,如温度、性别、水分状况、繁殖期、哺乳期等,满足能量及营养需求。     

大鸨繁殖期活动时间预算和日节律

2000和2001年的4～7月连续两年,在内蒙古自治区科尔沁右翼前旗东南部的草原上,采用野外直接观察法对野生大鸨的活动时间预算和日节律进行了研究。结果表明,大鸨繁殖期的各种行为活动具有一定的时间分配,其时间预算存在着性别间的差异,同时随活动空间大小、食物条件以及繁殖阶段的不同而变化,在繁殖前期,大鸨的时间预算以取食、休息、行走、观察为主要行为,雄鸨和雌鸨的这4种行为分别占全部行为的87％和93％;到繁殖后期,雌鸨各种行为的时间和强度发生较大变化。大鸨在取食、休息和炫耀等行为上都存在不同程度的日节律,取食和炫耀出现两次高峰,中午大部分时间大鸨处于静栖休息状态。     

半圈养条件下东北虎繁殖期的行为时间分配

1998年 10月～ 2 0 0 0年 10月在黑龙江东北虎林园 ,采用随机取样法和瞬时扫描取样法对繁殖期东北虎的行为进行了研究。结果表明 ,在繁殖期的不同阶段东北虎的行为发生较大的变化。在发情交配期雌雄虎的时间分配相似 (P >0 0 5 ) ,均将最多的时间用于运动 ,用于休息的时间较少 ,用于发情交配和其它行为的时间较多。雌虎在妊娠期较多的时间用于休息和运动 ,取食、站立、社会和其它行为的时间均较少 ;产仔期最多的时间用于休息 ,其次是运动 ,用于产仔和其它行为的时间较多 ,用于取食的时间最少 ;哺乳期最多的时间用于休息 ,其次是哺乳和运动 ,用于取食和其它行为的时间较少。活动规律方面 ,各种行为在强度、出现和持续的时间上存在较大差异。单因素方差分析表明 ,在繁殖期的不同阶段雌性东北虎的休息和运动存在极显著差异 (P <0 0 0 1) ,取食存在显著差异 (P <0 0 5 ) ,只有其它行为不存在显著差异(P >0 0 5 )。 10 0日龄内幼虎用于休息的时间最多 ,其次是运动和取食 ,其它行为的时间最少。     

大鵟繁殖期的行为及时间分配

2015年4～9月,采用焦点动物取样法,通过人工观察及监控设备记录,在青海省祁连县研究了2窝在人工巢中繁殖的大(鵟)(Buteo hemilasius)行为.构建了大(鵟)亲鸟及雏鸟在繁殖期的行为谱,将亲鸟繁殖期内的行为划分为12项30种,将雏鸟的行为划分为9项25种.研究发现,大(鵟)繁殖期开始于4月中下旬,持续至8月中旬结束,平均(112.0±2.0)d(n=2);将繁殖期划分为孵卵前期、孵卵期、育雏期及雏鸟成熟期.利用单因素方差分析(One-way ANOVA)比对了雌雄亲鸟之间,以及不同时期间亲鸟、雏鸟的行为时间分配.结果显示,(1)雌雄大(鵟)之间的行为时间分配在孵卵前期及孵卵期差异不显著(P＞0.05),在育雏期及雏鸟成熟期差异显著(P＜0.05).在这两个时期,雌性栖停行为所占比例显著高于雄性(P＜0.01),而捕食行为占比显著低于雄性(P＜ 0.01).(2)雌性大(鵟)行为时间分配在不同时期均变化显著(P＜ 0.05),雄性大(鵟)行为时间分配在育雏期与雏鸟成熟期间差异不显著,其余各个时期间差异显著(P＜ 0.05).(3)大(鵟)雏鸟行为时间分配在育雏期与成熟期之间差异显著(P＜0.05).     

Drivers of Time-Activity Budget Variability during Breeding in a Pelagic Seabird

During breeding, animal behaviour is particularly sensitive to environmental and food resource availability. Additionally, factors such as sex, body condition, and offspring developmental stage can influence behaviour. Amongst seabirds, behaviour is generally predictably affected by local foraging conditions and has therefore been suggested as a potentially useful proxy to indicate prey state. However, besides prey availability and distribution, a range of other variables also influence seabird behavior, and these need to be accounted for to increase the signal-to-noise ratio when assessing specific characteristics of the environment based on behavioural attributes. The aim of this study was to use continuous, fine-scale time-activity budget data from a pelagic seabird (Cape gannet, Morus capensis) to determine the influence of intrinsic (sex and body condition) and extrinsic (offspring and time) variables on parent behaviour during breeding. Foraging trip duration and chick provisioning rates were clearly sex-specific and associated with chick developmental stage. Females made fewer, longer foraging trips and spent less time at the nest during chick provisioning. These sex-specific differences became increasingly apparent with chick development. Additionally, parents in better body condition spent longer periods at their nests and those which returned later in the day had longer overall nest attendance bouts. Using recent technological advances, this study provides new insights into the foraging behaviour of breeding seabirds, particularly during the post-guarding phase. The biparental strategy of chick provisioning revealed in this study appears to be an example where the costs of egg development to the female are balanced by paternal-dominated chick provisioning particularly as the chick nears fledging.     

人工饲养条件下松鼠猴行为时间分配的观察

2000年3月至5月,在上海野生动物园人工饲养状态下对83只松鼠猴的行为时间分配进行了研究,以间隔20分钟用随机取样法记录松鼠猴的各种行为及其频次,通过211小时的观察研究表明,松鼠猴最主要的个体4行为有跑动,攀爬,取食,休息,嬉戏,它们分别占到日活动时间的13．55％,16．15％,24．46％,33．21％,8．18％,其次,成年雌、雄松鼠猴之间的挨近行为也占了松鼠猴日活动时间的4．46％,松鼠猴晨昏活动规律十分明显（F＝12．575,P＝0．00006）,其活动行为（除去休息之外的所有其他行为）的高峰出现在5：00－6：00、15：00－16：00左右的两个时段,峰值分别为76．61％－76．79％,75．87％－83．59％,日活动时间从5：00至19：30左右,持续约860分钟。     

Behavioral ontogeny in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calves during their residence in Hawaiian waters

The ontogeny of behavior in young offspring is a key component of a species life history, influencing short-term survival and life-long future fitness. In this study, we examine the behavioral ontogeny of humpback whale calves during their natal season on the winter breeding grounds. Behavioral data were collected during focal follows for 69 calves. Their relative age was estimated based on the degree of unfurling of the dorsal fin, and analysis of their time budgets revealed that behavior changed as the calves matured. Among the youngest group of calves ( n = 27), persistent travel accounted for median 85% (interquartile range 34%) of the calves' time budget, they spent little time alone at the surface and the breathing regime included frequent intermittent breaths. Within the oldest group of calves ( n = 26), time spent traveling dropped to a median 47% (IQR 42%) of the time budget, they spent more time at rest, surfaced alone more frequently, and the breathing regime more closely resembled that of adult humpbacks. We suggest potential functions for these and other components of calf behavior during this period, and review our findings in light of recent discussions on the role of predation pressure as a driving force in mysticete migration.     

Mark‐recapture modeling accounting for state uncertainty provides concurrent estimates of survival and fecundity in a protected harbor seal population

Harbor seal breeding behavior and habitats constrain opportunities for individual‐based studies, and no current estimates of both survival and fecundity exist for any of the populations studied worldwide. As a result, the drivers underlying the variable trends in abundance exhibited by harbor seal populations around the world remain uncertain. We developed an individual‐based study of harbor seals in northeast Scotland, whereby data were collected during daily photo‐identification surveys throughout the pupping seasons between 2006 and 2011. However, a consequence of observing seals remotely meant that information on sex, maturity‐stage, or breeding status was not always available. To provide unbiased estimates of survival rates we conditioned initial release of individuals on the first time sex was known to estimate sex‐specific survival rates, while a robust design multistate model accounting for uncertainty in breeding status was used to estimate reproductive rate of multiparous and ≥3‐yr‐old females. Survival rates were estimated at 0.95 (95% CI = 0.91–0.97) for females and 0.92 (0.83–0.96) for males, while reproductive rate was estimated at 0.89 (0.75–0.95) for multiparous and 0.69 (0.64–0.74) for ≥3‐yr‐old females. Stage‐based population modeling indicated that this population should be recovering, even under the current shooting quotas implemented by the recent management plan.     

It costs to be clean and fit: energetics of comfort behavior in breeding-fasting penguins

Background

Birds may allocate a significant part of time to comfort behavior (e.g., preening, stretching, shaking, etc.) in order to eliminate parasites, maintain plumage integrity, and possibly reduce muscular ankylosis. Understanding the adaptive value of comfort behavior would benefit from knowledge on the energy costs animals are willing to pay to maintain it, particularly under situations of energy constraints, e.g., during fasting. We determined time and energy devoted to comfort activities in freely breeding king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), seabirds known to fast for up to one month during incubation shifts ashore.

Methodology/Principal Findings

A time budget was estimated from focal and scan sampling field observations and the energy cost of comfort activities was calculated from the associated increase in heart rate (HR) during comfort episodes, using previously determined equations relating HR to energy expenditure. We show that incubating birds spent 22% of their daily time budget in comfort behavior (with no differences between day and night) mainly devoted to preening (73%) and head/body shaking (16%). During comfort behavior, energy expenditure averaged 1.24 times resting metabolic rate (RMR) and the corresponding energy cost (i.e., energy expended in excess to RMR) was 58 kJ/hr. Energy expenditure varied greatly among various types of comfort behavior, ranging from 1.03 (yawning) to 1.78 (stretching) times RMR. Comfort behavior contributed 8.8–9.3% to total daily energy expenditure and 69.4–73.5% to energy expended daily for activity. About half of this energy was expended caring for plumage.

Conclusion/Significance

This study is the first to estimate the contribution of comfort behavior to overall energy budget in a free-living animal. It shows that although breeding on a tight energy budget, king penguins devote a substantial amount of time and energy to comfort behavior. Such findings underline the importance of comfort behavior for the fitness of colonial seabirds.     

繁殖期高原鼠兔的行为时间分配与后代存活率的关系

2002年4-8月份,在中国科学院海北高寒草甸生态系统定位站附近,采用标志流放、直接观察法和解剖法对青藏高原特有的植食性小哺乳动物———高原鼠兔(Ochotonacurzoniae)的行为时间分配、繁殖特征和后代存活率等方面进行了研究。结果表明,雌、雄成体平均地面活动时间占总时间的比例分别为88.67%和89.88%,在不同的繁殖时段,成体的各种行为时间分配存在显著的变化,并影响后代的存活率。幼体从出生到15d的存活率和雌、雄性成体的每次移动距离以及雌性成体的地面活动强度都显著的正相关;从15d到45d的存活率和雄性成体的地面活动强度、观望强度显著的正相关。在相同的观察时期,高原鼠兔雌、雄成体的一些行为时间分配存在显著差异,如雄性成体地面移动距离、频次在繁殖前期显著的高于雌性成体;雄性成体的观望强度在6、7月份显著高于雌性成体。说明雄性成体在领域防卫中较雌性成体承担更多的责任,雌、雄成体在育幼活动中的繁殖投入存在互补性。     

大沙鼠洞道利用机制及地面行为时间分配特征

2010年5—11月,在古尔班通古特沙漠南部采用焦点动物取样法研究了大沙鼠(Rhombomys opimus)的昼间洞道利用机制(地面活动强度、进洞频率)以及地面行为时间分配。结果表明:大沙鼠在春夏秋三季地面活动时间占总观察时间的77.62%、66.13%和80.93%,进洞频率分别为0.50、0.31和0.19次.min-1,地面活动强度和进洞频率均具有明显的季节性变化;在其地面行为中,摄食是大沙鼠任一季节最主要的行为,不同季节摄食比例均超过50%;储食是大沙鼠春季两秋两季次重要的行为,其时间比例分别达到了17.19%和25.46%;夏季大沙鼠修饰行为比例明显升高(27.78%),而储食行为比例明显下降(7.1%)。本研究结果说明,食物因子是促使大沙鼠进行地面活动的重要因素之一;另外,温度、生理周期、捕食风险可影响大沙鼠地面活动强度、进洞频率以及地面行为时间分配。     

半自然状态下鳄蜥活动时间分配的初步研究

在半自然的条件下采用瞬时扫描法对鳄蜥活动时间分配进行了初步的研究,结果表明:在池养鳄蜥的活动时间分配中,静栖占69·09%,在穴占28·82%,移动占0·80%,捕食占0·28%,晒太阳占0·44%,其它占0·58%;比较了不同性别鳄蜥的活动时间分配,其中雄性鳄蜥用在移动的时间占1·15±1·22%,雌性为0·45±1·00%,经过单因素检验显示其差异显著(P<0·01),其它行为活动时间分配差异不显著;初步比较了不同生境中鳄蜥的行为差异,结果显示鳄蜥在池养的条件下弹性行为的表现频次正在下降。