ArticleScientific reports2020
Stereotypic behaviour predicts reproductive performance and litter sex ratio in giant pandas.
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- Linking Gut Microbiota and Stereotypic Behavior of Endangered Species Under Ex Situ Conservation: First Evidence from Sun Bears.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
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- Abnormal expression of natural mating behaviour of captive adult giant pandas is related to physiological stress.Conservation physiology · 2024Article
- Parental effects on offspring sex ratio in the Numbat (Journal of mammalogy · 2023Article
- Understanding Circadian and Circannual Behavioral Cycles of Captive Giant Pandas (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Latitudinal and zoo specific zeitgebers influence circadian and circannual rhythmicity of behavior in captive giant pandas (Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Combined urine metabolomics and 16S rDNA sequencing analyses reveals physiological mechanism underlying decline in natural mating behavior of captive giant pandas.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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- Effects of Different Nursing Methods on the Behavioral Response of Adult Captive Giant Pandas (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
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Abstract
Breeding and welfare problems confront many conservation breeding programs. Stereotypies-repetitive, unvarying, functionless behaviours -are common abnormal behaviours that often arise in suboptimal conditions. While the role of stereotypies in welfare assessment is well studied, few investigations address the relationship between stereotypic behaviour and reproduction. We examined the correlation between stereotypic behaviour and reproductive performance in 101 giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). High stereotyping males copulated more and produced more cubs, suggesting that highly sexually motivated males were prone to stereotypy but also had high reproductive competence. Female stereotypies were negatively associated with all reproductive measures closely tied to behavioural competence: high stereotyping females were less likely to copulate, less likely to mother-rear cubs, and-probably a result of poor maternal care-had lower cub survival. However, females that exhibited stereotypies were more likely to produce a cub, suggesting stereotypies are tied to behavioural but not physiological competence. High stereotyping female pandas also displayed strong and consistent bias toward production of female offspring while paternal relationship to sex allocation was the reverse. These results are consistent with stress-mediated sex allocation theory. Our findings raise concern about differential reproductive success among high and low stereotyping pandas, and possible genetic adaptation to captivity.
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