ArticleOecologia2005
Plant secondary metabolites alter the feeding patterns of a mammalian herbivore (Neotoma lepida).
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- Winter as a nutritional bottleneck for North American porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum).Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2010Article
- Troublesome toxins: time to re-think plant-herbivore interactions in vertebrate ecology.BMC ecology · 2009Article
- Behavioural contributions to the regulated intake of plant secondary metabolites in koalas.Oecologia · 2007Article
- Pharmacological perspectives on the detoxification of plant secondary metabolites: implications for ingestive behavior of herbivores.Journal of chemical ecology · 2006Review
- Plant protein and secondary metabolites influence diet selection in a mammalian specialist herbivore.Journal of mammalogyArticle
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Abstract
Mammalian herbivores are predicted to regulate concentrations of ingested plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) in the blood by modifying the size and frequency of feeding bouts. It is theorized that meal size is limited by a maximum tolerable concentration of PSMs in the blood, such that meal size is predicted to decrease as PSM concentration increases. We investigated the relationship between PSM concentration in the diet and feeding patterns in the herbivorous desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida) fed diets containing phenolic resin extracted from creosote bush (Larrea tridentata). Total daily intake, meal size and feeding frequency were quantified by observing the foraging behavior of woodrats on diets containing increasing concentrations of creosote resin. Desert woodrats reduced meal size as resin concentration in the diet increased, resulting in an overall reduction in daily intake and regulation of resin intake. Moreover, desert woodrats were able to detect resin concentrations in the diet and regulate the intake of resin very rapidly. We suggest that the immediate and sustained ability to detect and regulate the intake of resin concentrations during each foraging bout provides a behavioral mechanism to regulate blood concentrations of resin and allows desert woodrats to make "wise" foraging decisions.
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