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Olfaction alters spatial memory strategy of scatter-hoarding animals

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Integrative Zoology 2021年第1期16卷 128-135页

作者： Sijie YI Minghui WANG Mengyao JU Xianfeng YI College of Life and Environmental Sciences University of ExeterExeterUK College of Life Sciences Qufu Normal UniversityQufuChina

Although it has been suggested that olfaction is closely interconnected with hippocampal systems,whether olfaction regulates spatial memory strategy remains never known.Furthermore,no study has examined how olfaction mediates spatial memory established on the external objects,for example,caches made by scatter-hoarding animals.Here,we experimentally induced nondestructive and reversible olfaction loss of a scatter-hoarding animal Leopoldamys edwardsi,to test whether and how olfaction regulates spatial memory to mediate cache recovery and pilferage.Our results showed that the normal L.edwardsi preferred to pilfer caches of others rather than to recover their own using accurate spatial memory(35.7%vs.18.6%).Anosmic L.edwardsi preferred to recover the caches they made prior to olfaction loss rather than to pilfer from others relied on spatial memory(54.2%vs.36.0%).However,L.edwardsi with anosmia showed no preference either to the caches they established after olfaction loss or caches made by others(25.8%vs.29.1%).These collectively indicate that olfaction loss has a potential to affect new memory formation but not previously established spatial memory on caches.Our study first showed that olfaction modified spatial memory strategy in cache recovery and pilferage behaviors of scatter-hoarding animals.We suggest that future studies pay more attention to the evolution of olfaction and its relationship with spatial memory strategy.

关键词： cache pilferage cache recovery olfaction scatter-hoarding spatial memory

Seed size affects rodent–seed interaction consistently across plant species but not within species:evidence from a seed tracking experiment of 41 tree species

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Integrative Zoology 2022年第5期17卷 930-943页

作者： Si CHEN Li FENG Bo WANG School of Resources and Environmental Engineering Anhui UniversityHefeiAnhui ProvinceChina Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical GardenChinese Academy of SciencesMenglaYunnan ProvinceChina Ailaoshan Station of Subtropical Forest Ecosystem Studies Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical GardenChinese Academy of SciencesJingdongYunnan ProvinceChina Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecosystem Protection and Restoration(Anhui University) HefeiAnhui ProvinceChina

scatter-hoarding rodents play a crucial role in seed survival and seed dispersal.As one of the most important seed traits,seed size and its effect on rodent–seed interaction attract lots of attention.Current studies usually target one or a few species and show inconsistent patterns;however,few experiments include a large number of species although many plant species usually coexist in natural forest and overlap in fruiting time.Here,we tracked the dispersal and predation of 26100 seeds belonging to 41 tree species in a subtropical forest for 2 years.Most species showed no relationships between seed size and rodent foraging preference,while the remaining species displayed diverse of patterns:monotonic decrease and increase trends,and hump-shaped and U-shaped patterns,indicating that a one-off study with a few species might give misleading information.However,the seed size effect across species was consistent in both years,indicating that including a large number of species that hold a sufﬁcient range of seed size may avoid the aforementioned bias.Interestingly,seed size effect differed among rodent foraging processes:a negative effect on seed harvest,a hump-shaped effect on seed removal and removal distance,while a positive effect on overwinter survival of cached seeds,indicating that rodents may make trade-offs between large and small seeds both among foraging processes and within a single process,thus lead to a parabolic relationship between seed size and seed dispersal success,that is medium-sized seeds were more likely to be removed and cached,and transported with a further distance.

关键词： foraging preference plant–animal interaction scatter-hoarding seed dispersal seed predation

Seed value influences cache pilfering rates by desert rodents

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Integrative Zoology 2019年第1期14卷 75-86页

作者： Stephen B.VANDER WALL Lindsay A.DIMITRI William S.LONGLAND Joseph D.M.WHITE Department of Biology and Program in Ecology Evolution and Conservation BiologyUniversity of NevadaRenoUSA USDA Agricultural Research ServiceRenoNevadaUSA Department of Biological Sciences University of Cape TownCape TownRepublic of South Africa

Some rodents gather and store seeds.How many seeds they gather and how they treat those seeds is largely determined by seed traits such as mass,nutrient content,hardness of the seed coat,presence of secondary compounds,and germination schedule.Through their consumption and dispersal of seeds,rodents act as agents of natural selection on seed traits,and those traits influence how rodents forage.Many seeds that are scatter-hoarded by rodents are pilfered,or stolen,by other rodents,and seed traits also likely influence pilfering rates and seed fates of pilfered seeds.To clarify coevolutionary relationships between rodents and the plants that they disperse,one needs to understand the role of seed traits in rodent foraging decisions.We compared how the seeds of 4 species of plants that are dispersed by scatter-hoarding animals and that differ in value(singleleaf piñon pine,Pinus monophylla;desert peach,Prunus andersonii;antelope bitterbrush,Purshia tridentata;Utah juniper,Juniperus osteosperma)were pilfered and recached by rodents.One hundred artificial caches of the 4 seed species(25 per species)were prepared,and removal by rodents was monitored.Rodents pilfered high-value seeds more rapidly than the other seeds.Desert peach seeds,which contain toxic secondary compounds,were more frequently recached.Relatively low value seeds like Utah juniper and antelope bitterbrush were pil-fered more slowly and were sometimes left at cache sites,and seeds of the latter species were transported shorter distances to new cache sites.The background density of seeds also appeared to influence the relative value of seeds.

关键词： desert rodents food storage granivory pilfering scatter-hoarding seed dispersal seed traits

Fluctuation in seed abundance has contrasting effects on the fate of seeds from two rapidly germinating tree species in an Asian tropical forest

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Integrative Zoology 2017年第1期12卷 2-11页

作者： Lin CAO Cong GUO Jin CHEN Center for Integrative Conservation Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical GardenChinese Academy of SciencesMenglaYunnanChina State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture Institute of ZoologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment Ministry of EducationCollege of Life SciencesSichuan UniversityChengduChina

The seed predator satiation hypothesis states that high seed abundance can satiate seed predators or seed dispersers,thus promoting seed survival.However,for rapidly germinating seeds in tropical forests,high seed abundance may limit dispersal as the seeds usually remain under parent trees for long periods,which may lead to high mortality due to rodent predation or fungal infestations.By tracking 2 species of rapidly germinating seeds(Pittosporopsis kerrii,family Icacinaceae;Camellia kissi,family Theaceae),which depend on dispersal by scatter-hoarding rodents,we investigated the effects of seed abundance at the community level on predation and seed dispersal in the tropical forest of Xishuangbanna Prefecture,Southwest China.We found that high seed abundance at the community level was associated with delayed and reduced seed removal,decreased dispersal distance and increased pre-dispersal seed survival for both plant species.High seed abundance was also associated with reduced seed caching of C.kissi,but it showed little effect on seed caching of P.kerrii.However,post-dispersal seed survival for the 2 plant species followed the reverse pattern.High seed abundance in the community was associated with higher post-dispersal survival of P.kerrii seeds,but with lower post-dispersal survival of C.kissi seeds.Our results suggest that different plant species derive benefit from fluctuations in seed production in different ways.

关键词： predator satiation rapidly germinating seeds scatter-hoarding seed abundance seed dispersal