期刊
OECOLOGIA
卷 188, 期 1, 页码 41-52出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4179-2
关键词
Stressor; Cave disturbance; Leukocyte profile; Body condition; Ectoparasites
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资金
- U.S. Department of State Fulbright Fellowship
- Bat Conservation International
- American Philosophical Society
- Explorers Club
- American Society of Mammalogists
- National Speleological Society
- Cave Research Foundation
- John Ball Zoo
- Texas Tech Association of Biologists
- National Science Foundation (DEB Grant) [1051363]
- Sigma Xi
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1051363] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Environmental and biological context play significant roles in modulating physiological stress responses of individuals in wildlife populations yet are often overlooked when evaluating consequences of human disturbance on individual health and fitness. Furthermore, most studies gauge individual stress responses based on a single physiological biomarker, typically circulating glucocorticoid concentrations, which limits interpretation of the complex, multifaceted responses of individuals to stressors. We selected four physiological biomarkers to capture short-term and prolonged stress responses in a widespread cave-roosting bat, Hipposideros diadema, across multiple gradients of human disturbance in and around caves in the Philippines. We used conditional inference trees and random forest analysis to determine the role of environmental quality (cave complexity, available roosting area), assemblage composition (intra- and interspecific associations and species richness), and intrinsic characteristics of individuals (sex and reproductive status) in modulating responses to disturbance. Direct cave disturbance (hunting pressure and human visitation) was the primary driver of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratios, with lower ratios associated with increased disturbance, while context-specific factors were more important in explaining total leukocyte count, body condition, and ectoparasite load. Moreover, conditional inference trees revealed complex interactions among human disturbance and modulating factors. Cave complexity often ameliorated individual responses to human disturbance, whereas conspecific abundance often compounded responses. Our study demonstrates the importance of an integrated approach that incorporates environmental and biological context when identifying drivers of physiological responses, and that assesses responses to gradients of direct and indirect disturbance using multiple complementary biomarkers.
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