Body size and diet–related morphological variation of bats over the past 65 years in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinke Yue ◽  
Alice C Hughes ◽  
Kyle W Tomlinson ◽  
Shangwen Xia ◽  
Song Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Length Change ◽  
Nitrogen Stable Isotope ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
The Past ◽  
Latitudinal Range ◽  
Forearm Length ◽  
Phenotypic Responses

Abstract We examined both historical (1960s) and recent (2017) specimens of an insectivorous bat species (Hipposideros armiger) and a phytophagous bat (Rousettus leschenaultii) from the same latitudinal range to explore phenotypic responses to environmental change in China over the past 65 years. Hipposideros armiger exhibited significant increases in forearm length and three diet-related cranial traits, as well as carbon and nitrogen stable isotope composition, suggesting that modern H. armiger must travel farther for food and may now use different food resources. In contrast, R. leschenaultii showed no change in forearm length but displayed significant increases in diet-related cranial traits. This study provides evidence for differential responses to recent environmental changes in bat species with different diets. The changes in diet-related traits of the two species and the forearm length change on the insectivorous bats suggest that recent phenotypic changes may be adaptions to land-use changes rather than to climate change.

scholarly journals Trophic Relationships and Habitat Preferences of Delphinids from the Southeastern Brazilian Coast Determined by Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Composition

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. e82205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Lemos Bisi ◽  
Paulo Renato Dorneles ◽  
José Lailson-Brito ◽  
Gilles Lepoint ◽  
Alexandre de Freitas Azevedo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Trophic Relationships ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Stable Isotope Composition ◽  
Nitrogen Stable Isotope ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen

Alteration of the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope composition of beef by substitution of grass silage with maize silage

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (14) ◽  
pp. 1937-1942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bojlul Bahar ◽  
Frank J. Monahan ◽  
Aidan P. Moloney ◽  
Padraig O'Kiely ◽  
Charlie M. Scrimgeour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Stable Isotope Composition ◽  
Maize Silage ◽  
Nitrogen Stable Isotope ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Grass Silage

scholarly journals Spatio-temporal stable isotope variation of a benthic primary consumer in a simple food web in a strongly acidic lake

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideyuki Doi ◽  
Eisuke Kikuchi ◽  
Shigeto Takagi ◽  
Shuichi Shikano
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Temporal Variation ◽  
Food Web ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Isotope Ratios ◽  
Stable Isotope Composition ◽  
Nitrogen Stable Isotope ◽  
Chironomid Larvae ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Analysis of aquatic food webs is typically undertaken using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope composition of consumer and producer species. However, the trophic consequences of spatio-temporal variation in the isotope composition of consumers have not been well evaluated. Lake Katanuma, Japan, is highly acidic and has only one dominant species of benthic alga and one planktonic microalga, making it a prime system for studying trophic relationships between primary consumers and producers. In this simple lake food web, we conducted a field survey to evaluate spatial and temporal variation in the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope composition of a chironomid larvae in association with a single benthic and planktonic alga. We found a significant correlation between carbon stable isotope ratios of the chironomid larvae and the benthic diatom species in the lake. Thus, chironomid larvae may represent a reliable isotopic baseline for estimating isotope values in benthic diatoms. However, although the correlation held in shallow water, at four m depths, there was no significant relationship between the isotope ratios of chironomids and benthic diatoms, probably because deep-water larvae spend part of their life cycle migrating from the lake shore to deeper water. The differing isotope ratios of deeper chironomid tissues likely reflect the feeding history of individuals during this migration.

Stable isotopes reveal post-release trophodynamic and ontogenetic changes in a released finfish, mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus)

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew D. Taylor ◽  
Debashish Mazumder
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotopes ◽  
Isotopic Composition ◽  
Turnover Rate ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Wild Fish ◽  
Ontogenetic Changes ◽  
Nitrogen Stable Isotope ◽  
Δ13c And Δ15n ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Nitrogen Isotopic Composition

Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios were analysed for hatchery-reared, recaptured and wild mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus, to investigate temporal and growth-related changes in isotopic composition for stocked fish after release, and to evaluate changes in isotopic composition in terms of ontogenetic dietary switches. δ13C and δ15N values decreased and increased, respectively, after release. The isotope composition of released fish was distinct from wild fish until 200 days after release, but after 200 days post-release fish did not differ significantly from wild fish of similar or greater sizes. Abrupt dietary transitions from crustaceans to teleost fish (>50 cm total length (TL)) were evident in a rapid δ13C and δ15N change in wild mulloway, and δ15N was significantly greater in wild fish >65 cm TL compared with wild fish <50 cm TL. Multivariate carbon and nitrogen isotopic data were suitable for separating stocked and wild fish for up to 200 days after release, but did not separate wild fish grouped according to dietary composition. Carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition closely reflected dietary transitions and rapid adaptation by stocked mulloway to wild diets, which was evident in a high tissue turnover rate of up to 0.017 day–1. Stable isotopes are a useful tool for examining the integration of released fish into stocked ecosystems and can be used to describe convergence in the diets of wild and released fish.

scholarly journals The carbon and nitrogen ecophysiologies of two endemic tropical orchids mirrors those of their temperate relatives and the local environment

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 160427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole A. Hynson
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Nitrogen Stable Isotope ◽  
Orchid Species ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Terrestrial Orchids ◽  
Nitrogen Concentrations ◽  
Plant Families

Orchids are one of the most widely distributed plant families. However, current research on the ecophysiology of terrestrial orchids is biased towards temperate species. Thus, it is currently unknown whether tropical terrestrial orchids belong to similar trophic guilds as their temperate relatives. To examine the ecophysiologies of two tropical terrestrial orchids, I analysed the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope compositions and nitrogen concentrations of the Hawaiian endemics Anoectochilus sandvicensis and Liparis hawaiensis . I compared these values with those of surrounding vegetation and their temperate relatives. I found that A. sandvicensis was consistently enriched in the heavy isotope of nitrogen ( 15 N) and had higher nitrogen (N) concentrations than surrounding vegetation, and these values were even higher than those of its temperate relatives. Carbon stable isotope composition among populations of A. sandvicensis varied by island. These results point to local environment and evolutionary history determining the ecophysiology of this species. Whereas L.hawaiensis was also enriched in 15 N and had on average higher N concentrations than surrounding vegetation, these values were not significantly different from temperate relatives, indicating that evolutionary history may be a stronger predictor of this orchid species' ecophysiology than environment. I suggest that both Hawaiian species are potentially partially mycoheterotrophic.

scholarly journals Effects of sex and altitude on nutrient, and carbon and nitrogen stable isotope composition of the endangered shrub Baccharis concinna G.M. Barroso (Asteraceae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-240
Author(s):  
G. Wilson Fernandes ◽  
Heitor Monteiro Duarte ◽  
Fernando A. O. Silveira ◽  
Fernando Broetto ◽  
Ulrich Lüttge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Stable Isotope Composition ◽  
Nitrogen Stable Isotope ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen
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