Diet Affects the Temperature-Size Relationship in the Blowfly Aldrichina grahami

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第一作者： Yan, Guanjie

作者： Yan, Guanjie;Li, Dandan;Wang, Guangshuai;Wu, Lingbing

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关键词： body size; ectotherms; growth curve; temperature-size rule

期刊名称：INSECTS （ 影响因子：3.0； 五年影响因子：3.1 ）

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年卷期： 2024 年 15 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： In warmer environments, most ectotherms exhibit a plastic reduction in body size (the temperature-size rule, TSR). However, in such environments, growth is usually accelerated and would be expected to result in maturation at a larger body size, leading to increases in fecundity, survival, and mating success, compared to maturation at a smaller size (the 'life-history puzzle'). To explore these mechanisms, we reared Aldrichina grahami at 20 degrees C, 25 degrees C, and 30 degrees C, and added a nutritional challenge by using dilutions of pork liver paste to provide diets that ranged in quality from high (undiluted) to moderate (1/8), low (1/16), and poor (1/24). Larvae were randomly sampled for weighing from hatching. Growth curves were fitted to the relationships between growth rate and weight for the third instar larvae. Our results showed that body size was affected by an interaction between temperature and diet, and that following or not following the TSR can vary depending on underfeeding. Moreover, when the TSR was followed as temperature increased, there was a cross-over point that divided the two growth curves into early and later stages, which could be used to help understand the life-history puzzle in warmer temperatures, with the instantaneous growth rate being faster in the early stages of development and then slower in later stages. This study reminds us that animals have evolved to cope with multiple simultaneous environmental changes, and it has thus offered a better understanding of life-history puzzles.

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