An experimental study in wild wood mice testing elemental and isotope analysis in faeces to determine variations in food intake amount

Elemental and stable isotope analyses are useful and common methods for wildlife diet studies, e.g., for characterizing diets and trophic relationships. However, little is known about the potential applicability of these techniques to address other aspects of feeding ecology. Here, we evaluated whet...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Navarro Castilla, Álvaro, Hernandez González, María del Carmen, Barja Núñez, Isabel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/707990
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/707990
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13071176
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Diet
Feeding Behaviour
Rodents
Stable Isotopes
Trophic Ecology
Apodemus Sylvaticus
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
id ES_ac0e1f32b1ba26ab2f1bb089e5decd8e
oai_identifier_str oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/707990
network_acronym_str ES
network_name_str España
repository_id_str
spelling An experimental study in wild wood mice testing elemental and isotope analysis in faeces to determine variations in food intake amountNavarro Castilla, ÁlvaroHernandez González, María del CarmenBarja Núñez, IsabelDietFeeding BehaviourRodentsStable IsotopesTrophic EcologyApodemus SylvaticusBiología y Biomedicina / BiologíaElemental and stable isotope analyses are useful and common methods for wildlife diet studies, e.g., for characterizing diets and trophic relationships. However, little is known about the potential applicability of these techniques to address other aspects of feeding ecology. Here, we evaluated whether faecal elemental (carbon and nitrogen) and/or isotopic values (δ 13C, δ 15N) can determine variations in the amount of food intake. Overall, elemental analyses and δ 15N values failed in reporting significant differences, but preliminary outcomes support the potential use of faecal δ 13C values as an indicator to detect short-term slight food intake changes. The results of this work provide, for the first-time, reference data for interpreting faecal elemental and isotopic patterns in free-ranging wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus), as well as new insights into the additional applicability of isotopic analysis in feeding ecology studiesFunding to carry out this research was obtained by Isabel Barja through a research project (reference 10/122964.9/19) granted by the Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Administración Local y Ordenación del Territorio de la Comunidad de MadridMDPIDepartamento de BiologíaFacultad de Ciencias20232023-03-28research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/707990https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13071176reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7079902026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An experimental study in wild wood mice testing elemental and isotope analysis in faeces to determine variations in food intake amount
title An experimental study in wild wood mice testing elemental and isotope analysis in faeces to determine variations in food intake amount
spellingShingle An experimental study in wild wood mice testing elemental and isotope analysis in faeces to determine variations in food intake amount
Navarro Castilla, Álvaro
Diet
Feeding Behaviour
Rodents
Stable Isotopes
Trophic Ecology
Apodemus Sylvaticus
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
title_short An experimental study in wild wood mice testing elemental and isotope analysis in faeces to determine variations in food intake amount
title_full An experimental study in wild wood mice testing elemental and isotope analysis in faeces to determine variations in food intake amount
title_fullStr An experimental study in wild wood mice testing elemental and isotope analysis in faeces to determine variations in food intake amount
title_full_unstemmed An experimental study in wild wood mice testing elemental and isotope analysis in faeces to determine variations in food intake amount
title_sort An experimental study in wild wood mice testing elemental and isotope analysis in faeces to determine variations in food intake amount
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Navarro Castilla, Álvaro
Hernandez González, María del Carmen
Barja Núñez, Isabel
author Navarro Castilla, Álvaro
author_facet Navarro Castilla, Álvaro
Hernandez González, María del Carmen
Barja Núñez, Isabel
author_role author
author2 Hernandez González, María del Carmen
Barja Núñez, Isabel
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Biología
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Diet
Feeding Behaviour
Rodents
Stable Isotopes
Trophic Ecology
Apodemus Sylvaticus
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
topic Diet
Feeding Behaviour
Rodents
Stable Isotopes
Trophic Ecology
Apodemus Sylvaticus
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
description Elemental and stable isotope analyses are useful and common methods for wildlife diet studies, e.g., for characterizing diets and trophic relationships. However, little is known about the potential applicability of these techniques to address other aspects of feeding ecology. Here, we evaluated whether faecal elemental (carbon and nitrogen) and/or isotopic values (δ 13C, δ 15N) can determine variations in the amount of food intake. Overall, elemental analyses and δ 15N values failed in reporting significant differences, but preliminary outcomes support the potential use of faecal δ 13C values as an indicator to detect short-term slight food intake changes. The results of this work provide, for the first-time, reference data for interpreting faecal elemental and isotopic patterns in free-ranging wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus), as well as new insights into the additional applicability of isotopic analysis in feeding ecology studies
publishDate 2023
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2023
2023-03-28
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv research article
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
VoR
http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
dc.type.openaire.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
format article
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/10486/707990
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13071176
url http://hdl.handle.net/10486/707990
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13071176
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv Inglés
eng
language_invalid_str_mv Inglés
language eng
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv open access
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.rights.openaire.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
rights_invalid_str_mv open access
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv MDPI
publisher.none.fl_str_mv MDPI
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
instname:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
instname_str Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
reponame_str Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
collection Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
repository.name.fl_str_mv
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1869416322397372416
score 15.301603

Similares en LA Referencia