Inter-specific differences in the structure and mechanics but not the chemical composition of antlers in three deer species

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41340/15:68947

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Inter-specific differences in the structure and mechanics but not the chemical composition of antlers in three deer species

Original language description

Antlers are costly structures produced annually by male cervids using minerals obtained from their diet and from resorption of their skeleton. Availability and nutritive quality of food resources therefore have a great impact on the investment of males in these secondary sexual traits. We studied the structure, mineral composition and mechanical quality of antlers of the Siberian wapiti (Cervus canadensis sibiricus), Pere David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus) and Vietnamese sika deer (Cervus nippon pseudaxis), three closely-related cervid species. The three herds investigated were maintained under the same feeding and management conditions (one male per herd) throughout a 3-year study period. We showed that there was no significant inter-specific difference in antler composition of the three species under the same feeding regime. However, mechanical properties varied between the Siberian wapiti and the other two species; and structural characteristics were different among all of them. Our results show that antler composition has a similar chemical profile across species when grown under the same feeding regime whereas the internal structure and mechanical properties appear to be species dependent.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Annales Zoologici Fennici 

ISSN

0003-455X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

52

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5-6

Country of publishing house

FI - FINLAND

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

368-376

UT code for WoS article

000365645600009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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