Discrimination of intra- and inter-specific forage quality by collared pikas (Ochotona collaris)
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Abstract
The specific nutritional characteristics by which herbivores evaluate their foraging options are complex. We experimentally manipulated the crude protein and water content of two forage species ( Carex consimilis Holm. (= Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.) and Polygonum bistorta L.) commonly cached by collared pikas ( Ochotona collaris (Nelson, 1893)) to determine their influence on inter- and intra-specific forage selection. Preference data were collected for 27 pikas using cafeteria-style feeding trials in a randomized block design. A three-way interaction (species × protein × water) suggested that pikas made conditional forage selection decisions while caching these plants. The interaction was driven by greater selection for fresh rather than dried C. consimilis when both were not fertilized. Water content had no effect on the selection of either fertilized C. consimilis or fertilized P. bistorta. Overall, our results indicate that pikas made subtle decisions about their selection of vegetation during caching, based on variation in nitrogen and water content in addition to species-specific selection criteria. Further, our results imply that tests of foraging theory may need to consider intra-specific variation in forage characteristics, as well as inter-specific ranking of forage species.
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