Comparing ageing and the effects of diet supplementation in wild vs. captive antler flies, Protopiophila litigata

Autor: Nicolas O. Rode, Russell Bonduriansky, Howard D. Rundle, Brian S. Mautz
Přispěvatelé: Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIN 6N5, University of Ottawa [Ottawa], Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End Ave, Suite 0800, Nashville, TN 37203, USA, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Animal Ecology
Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley, 2019, 88, pp.1913-1924. ⟨10.1111/1365-2656.13079⟩
ISSN: 1365-2656
0021-8790
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13079
Popis: Few studies have simultaneously compared ageing within genetically similar populations in both laboratory and natural environments. Such comparisons are important for interpreting laboratory studies, because factors such as diet could affect ageing in environment-dependent ways. Using a natural population of antler flies (Protopiophila litigata), we conducted separate factorial experiments in 2012 and 2013 that compared age-specific male survival and mating success in laboratory cages versus a natural field environment while supplementing their diets with protein or sugar. We found consistent and substantial increases in both survival and mating rates in the laboratory compared to the field, but remarkably, despite these large differences actuarial ageing was only higher in the laboratory than in the field in 2012 and similar in the two environments in 2013. In both years, there was no difference between environments in reproductive ageing. We found that males fed protein had a higher mortality rate than males fed sugar (strong and low support in 2012 and 2013, respectively). In contrast, diet did not strongly impact average mating rates, actuarial ageing or reproductive ageing in either experiment. Our results provide the first evidence that the negative effect of protein on life span reported in many laboratory studies can also occur in wild populations, although perhaps less consistently. They also highlight how laboratory environments can influence life-history traits and suggest caution when extrapolating from the laboratory to the field.
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