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Effect of group size and reproductive status on faecal glucocorticoid concentration and vigilance in a free-ranging population of Przewalski’s gazelle
Conservation Physiology ( IF 2.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-04 , DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coaa027 Ruoshuang Liu 1 , Jianbin Shi 1 , Dingzhen Liu 2 , Shikui Dong 1 , Yu Zhang 3 , Yonglin Wu 4 , Dongsheng Guo 2
Conservation Physiology ( IF 2.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-04 , DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coaa027 Ruoshuang Liu 1 , Jianbin Shi 1 , Dingzhen Liu 2 , Shikui Dong 1 , Yu Zhang 3 , Yonglin Wu 4 , Dongsheng Guo 2
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Elevated glucocorticoid (GC) concentration and increased vigilance are two common responses to predation risk in mammals. Chronic high-level GC concentration and vigilance occur at the expense of other life maintenance and reproduction activities, reflecting a trade-off between individual survival and future fecundity. Przewalski’s gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) is a group-living ungulate endemic to the high-altitude Qinghai Lake region of China. Group-size effect on gazelle vigilance has been examined, yet little is known about how their GC concentration is affected by group size or reproductive status. In this study, we examined the effect of group size and reproductive status on faecal glucocorticoid metabolite (FGM) concentrations and individual vigilance during different stages of the reproduction cycle (i.e. non-breeding, lambing and rutting) in free-ranging adult female Przewalski’s gazelles. Group size did not influence FGMs significantly, but mean vigilance duration increased with group size. The gazelles’ FGMs and vigilance peaked in lambing season. FGMs showed no difference between rutting season and non-reproductive season, but vigilance was lowest in the rutting season. FGMs correlated with vigilance frequency and vigilance duration. Antipredator responses of female Przewalski’s gazelles appear to change with reproductive status but not with group size in free-ranging females. Management measures should be taken in the lambing season to minimize stress on mother gazelles.
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