Burrow architecture, family composition and habitat characteristics of the largest social African mole-rat: the giant mole-rat constructs really giant burrow systems

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F12%3A43883613" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/12:43883613 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/68081766:_____/12:00368608

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-011-0059-4" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-011-0059-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-011-0059-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s13364-011-0059-4</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Burrow architecture, family composition and habitat characteristics of the largest social African mole-rat: the giant mole-rat constructs really giant burrow systems

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Among African mole-rats, the giant mole-rat Fukomys mechowii is the largest social species. Despite several attempts to study a free-living population, information on its biology from natural habitats is very scarce. We mapped two neighbouring burrow systems of the giant mole-rat in a miombo woodland in Zambia. We provide information on the size and kin structure of the respective mole-rat families, architecture of their burrow systems, and characteristics of the food supply and soil around the two mapped and additional ten burrow systems. Both uncovered burrow systems were very large (total lengths, 2,245 and 743 m), making them the largest burrow systems ever mapped. Food resources around the additional ten burrow systems had a clumped distribution (standardized Morisita index of dispersion = 0.526), but a relatively high biomass (298 +/- 455 g m(-2)). This, together with favourable soil conditions even in the advanced dry season (cone resistance, 328 +/- 50 N m(-2); soil density, 1.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Burrow architecture, family composition and habitat characteristics of the largest social African mole-rat: the giant mole-rat constructs really giant burrow systems

Popis výsledku anglicky

Among African mole-rats, the giant mole-rat Fukomys mechowii is the largest social species. Despite several attempts to study a free-living population, information on its biology from natural habitats is very scarce. We mapped two neighbouring burrow systems of the giant mole-rat in a miombo woodland in Zambia. We provide information on the size and kin structure of the respective mole-rat families, architecture of their burrow systems, and characteristics of the food supply and soil around the two mapped and additional ten burrow systems. Both uncovered burrow systems were very large (total lengths, 2,245 and 743 m), making them the largest burrow systems ever mapped. Food resources around the additional ten burrow systems had a clumped distribution (standardized Morisita index of dispersion = 0.526), but a relatively high biomass (298 +/- 455 g m(-2)). This, together with favourable soil conditions even in the advanced dry season (cone resistance, 328 +/- 50 N m(-2); soil density, 1.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

EG - Zoologie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2012

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Acta Theriologica

ISSN

0001-7051

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

57

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

121-130

Kód UT WoS článku

000301241300003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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