Progress of research on the metabolism characteristics in three small mammals in Hengduan Mountain region

ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA ›› 2015, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (4): 445-452.

Progress of research on the metabolism characteristics in three small mammals in Hengduan Mountain region

WANG Zhengkun, GAO Wenrong, ZHU Wanlong

Key Laboratory of Ecological Adaptive Evolution and Conservation on Animals-Plants in Southwest Mountain Ecosystem of University in Yunnan Province, School of Life Science, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China

Online:2015-11-13 Published:2015-11-15

横断山区三种小型哺乳动物代谢特征的研究进展

王政昆, 高文荣, 朱万龙

云南省高校西南山地生态系统动植物生态适应进化及保护重点实验室，云南师范大学生命科学学院，昆明 650500

通讯作者: 王政昆，Email:wangzk_123@163.com
作者简介:王政昆（1959— ），男，教授，博士生导师，主要从事动物生理生态学研究
基金资助:
国家国际科技合作专项项目(2014DFR31040)；国家科技支撑计划项目子课题(2014BAI01B01-06)；国家自然科学基金项目(No.31360096)；获云南省博士研究生学术新人奖资助

Abstract

Abstract: Metabolic rate is an important parameter in animal physiological ecology which can reflect the energy consumption levels between different species and individuals. It has important significance in the process of adaption to the environment for animals. Many different physical and biological factors could affect the metabolic characteristics of the animals. The present paper mainly summarizes the effects of body-mass and temperature on metabolic rate in three small mammals (Tupaia belangeri, Eothenomys miletus,and Apodemus chevrieri) in Hengduan Mountain region. In addition, compared the similarities and differences of metabolic rate between three small mammals in Hengduan Mountain region and some small mammals from other regions, given some special metabolic characteristics about differences between small mammals from Hengduan Mountain region; Moreover, we studied the origin issue of tree shrews by comparing their metabolic characteristics.

Key words: Hengduan Mountain region, Small mammals, Metabolic characteristics, "island origin", hypothesis

摘要： 代谢率是生理生态学中的重要指标，能反映不同物种和个体之间的能量消耗水平，在动物适应环境的过程中具有重要的意义，各种不同的物理和生物因素都可能影响到动物的代谢特征。本文综述了体重和温度对横断山区小型哺乳动物中缅树鼩、大绒鼠和高山姬鼠代谢率的影响，比较了3种小型哺乳动物与其它地区小型哺乳动物的异同点，并给出了横断山区小型哺乳动物特殊的一些代谢特征。最后，通过比较代谢产热特征探讨了中缅树鼩的起源问题。

关键词: 横断山区, 小型哺乳动物, 代谢特征, 岛屿起源假说

WANG Zhengkun, GAO Wenrong, ZHU Wanlong. Progress of research on the metabolism characteristics in three small mammals in Hengduan Mountain region[J]. ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA, 2015, 35(4): 445-452.

王政昆, 高文荣, 朱万龙. 横断山区三种小型哺乳动物代谢特征的研究进展[J]. 兽类学报, 2015, 35(4): 445-452.

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