Physiological limitations of dietary specialization in herbivorous woodrats (Neotoma spp.)

International Congress Series

Volumn 1275, Issue , 2004, Pages 313-320

  Sorensen, Jennifer S ^a   Denise Dearing, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary specialization; Energy budget; Neotoma; Plant secondary metabolite; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748500594     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.08.070     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Freeland W.J. Plant secondary metabolites. Biochemical evolution with herbivores. In: Palo R., and Robbins C.T. (Eds). Plant Defenses Against Mammalian Herbivory (1991), CRC Press, Boca Raton 61-82
2. Dearing M.D., Mangione A.M., and Karasov W.H. Diet breadth of mammalian herbivores: tests of the nutrient constraints and detoxification-limitations hypotheses. Oecologia 123 (2000) 397-405
3. Dearing M.D., and Cork S.J. The role of detoxification of plant secondary compounds on diet breadth in mammalian herbivores. J. Chem. Ecol. 25 (1999) 1205-1220
4. Foley W.J., Iason G.R., and McArthur C. Role of plant secondary metabolites in the nutritional ecology of mammalian herbivores: how far have we come in 25 years?. In: Jung J.G., and Faley G.C.J. (Eds). Nutritional Ecology of Herbivores: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium of the Nutrition of Herbivores (1999), American Society of Animal Sciences, Savoy, IL 131-209
5. Freeland W.J., and Janzen D.H. Strategies in herbivory by mammals: the role of plant secondary compounds. Am. Nat. 108 (1974) 269-289
6. Futuyma D.J., and Moreno G. The evolution of ecological specialization. Ann. Rev. Ecolog. Syst. 19 (1988) 207-233
7. J.S. Sorensen, J.D. McLister, M.D. Dearing. Plant secondary metabolites compromise the energy budgets of specialist and generalist mammalian herbivores. Ecol., in press.
8. J.S. Sorensen, J.D. McLister, M.D. Dearing. Novel plant secondary metabolites impact dietary specialists more than generalists (Neotoma spp). Ecol., in press.
9. Foley W.J., and McArthur C. The effects and costs of allelochemicals for mammalian herbivores: an ecological perspective. In: Chivers D.J., and Langer P. (Eds). The Digestive System in Mammals: Food, Form and Function (1994), Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 370-391
10. Guglielmo C.G., and Karasov W.K. Nutritional costs of plant secondary metabolite explain selective foraging by ruffed grouse. Ecology 77 (1996) 1103-1115
11. Bozinovic F., Novoa F.F., and Sabat P. Feeding and digesting fiber and tannins by an herbivorous rodent, Octodon degus (Rodentia: Caviomorpha). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 118A (1997) 625-630
12. Robbins C.T., et al. Variation in mammalian physiological responses to a condensed tannin and its ecological implications. J. Mammal. 72 (1991) 480-486
13. Silverstein L., Swanson B.G., and MOffett D. Procyanidin from black beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) inhibits nutrient and electrolyte absorption in isolated rat ileum and induces secretion of chloride ion. J. Nutr. 126 (1996) 1688-1695
14. Song J., et al. Flavonoid inhibition of sodium-dependent vitamin C transporter 1 (SVCT1) and glucose transporter isoform 2 (GLUT2), intestinal transporters for vitamin C and Glucose. J. Biol. Chem. 277 (2002) 15252-15260
15. Cork S.J. Foliage of Eucalyptus punctata and the maintenance nitrogen requirements of koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus. Aust. J. Zool. 34 (1986) 17-23
16. Dash J.A. Effect of dietary terpenes on glucuronic acid excretion and ascorbic acid turnover in the brushtail possum (trichosurus vulpecula). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 89B (1988) 221-226
17. Foley W.J. Nitrogen and energy retention and acid-base status in the common ringtail possum. Physiol. Zool. 65 (1992) 403-421
18. Lindroth R.L., and Batzli G.O. Plant phenolics as chemical defenses: effects of natural phenolics on survival and growth of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). J. Chem. Ecol. 10 (1984) 229-244
19. Mangione A.M., Dearing M.D., and Karasov W.H. Detoxification in relation to toxin tolerance in desert woodrats eating creosote bush. J. Chem. Ecol. 27 (2001) 2559-2578
20. Bozinovic F., and Novoa F.F. Metabolic costs of rodents feeding on plant chemical defenses: a comparison between an herbivore and an omnivore. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 117A (1997) 511-514
21. Iason G.R., and Murray A.H. The energy costs of ingestion of naturally occurring nontannin plant phenolics by sheep. Physiol. Zool. 69 (1996) 532-546
22. Thomas D.W., Samson C., and Bergeron J. Metabolic costs associated with the ingestion of plant phenolics by Microtus pennsylvanicus. J. Mammal. 69 (1988) 512-515
23. Kenagy G.J., Sharbaugh S.M., and Nagy K.A. Annual cycle of energy and time expenditure in a golden-mantled ground squirrel population. Oecologia 78 (1989) 269-282
24. Derting T.L. Metabolism and food availability as regulators of production in juvenile cotton rats. Ecology 70 (1989) 587-595
25. Boyle R., et al. Comparative metabolism of dietary terpene, p-cymene, in generalist and specialist folivorous marsupials. J. Chem. Ecol. 25 (1999) 2109-2127
26. Casarett L., et al. Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons. 5th ed. (1996), McGraw-Hill, New York
27. Hammond K.A., and Wunder B.A. The role of diet quality and energy need in the nutritional ecology of a small herbivore, microtus ochrogaster. Physiol. Zool. 64 (1991) 541-567
28. Speakman J.R., and McQueenie J. Limits to sustainable metabolic rate: the link between food intake, BMR, and morphology in reproducing mice (Mus musculus). Physiol. Zool. 69 (1996) 746-769
29. Young Owl M., and Batzli G.O. The integrated processing response of voles to fibre content of natural diets. Funct. Ecol. 12 (1998) 4-13
30. Sorensen J.S., Turnbull C.A., and Dearing M.D. A specialist herbivore (Neotoma stephensi) absorbs fewer plant toxins than a generalist (Neotoma albigula). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 77 (2004) 139-148
31. Sorensen J.S., and Dearing M.D. Elimination of plant toxins: an explanation for dietary specialization in mammalian herbivores. Oecologia 134 (2003) 88-94
32. Degabriele R., and Dawson T.J. Metabolism and heat balance in an arboreal marsupial, the koala (phascolarctos cinereus). J. Comp. Physiol. 134 (1979) 293-301
33. McNab B.K. Energy conservation in a tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei) and the red panda (Ailurus fulgens). Physiol. Zool. 61 (1988) 280-292
34. McNab B.K. In: McNab B.K. (Ed). The Physiological Ecology of Vertebrates: A View From Energetics (2002), Cornell University Press, Ithaca 306-389
35. Dasilva G.L. The western black-and-white colobus as a low-energy strategist: activity budgets, energy expenditure and energy intake. J. Anim. Ecol. 61 (1992) 79-91
36. Boyle R., and Dearing M.D. Ingestion of juniper foliage reduces metabolic rates in woodrat (Neotoma) herbivores. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 106 (2003) 151-158
37. Dial K.P., and Czaplewski C.J. Do packrat middens accurately represent the animals' environment or diet? The Woodhouse Mesa study. In: Bentacourt J.L., Ven Devender T.R., and Martin P.S. (Eds). Fossil Packrat Middins: The Last 40,000 Years of Biotic Change in the Arid West (1990), The University of Arizona Press, Tuscon 43-58
38. Dial K.P. Three sympatric species of Neotoma: dietary specialization and coexistence. Oecologia 76 (1988) 531-537
39. Adams R.P., et al. The south-western USA and northern Mexico one-seeded junipers: their volatile oils and evolution. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 9 (1981) 93-96
40. Mabry T.J., and Gill J.E. Sesquiterpene lactones and other terpenoids. In: Rosenthal G.A., and Janzen D.H. (Eds). Herbivores: Their Interaction With Secondary Plant Metabolites (1979), Academic Press, New York 501-537
41. Zar J.H. Biostatistical Analysis. second ed. (1984), Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ