Dissertaion Research: Hormonal Basis for Long-Term Pair-Bonds

论文研究：长期伴侣关系的荷尔蒙基础

• 批准号: 9110513
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-08-01 至 1994-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9110513&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertaion; Research; Hormonal; Basis; Long

Conservation and management of species whose habitats are diminishing require an understanding of endocrinological and behavioral factors that lead to successful reproduction. Since 1983, Dr. Boersma has been studying such a species in Argentina and has identified some 5,000 individuals. She has found that when two individuals establish a long-term pair bond, their reproductive success is significantly greater. Little is understood about how this increased success is achieved. With the help of her graduate student, Mr. Fowler, and Dr. Wingfield, a world renown field endocrinologist, hormone changes will be determined across two full breeding seasons. They will examine the relationship between age, pair-status, hormone profile, and how these factors interact to influence reproductive success. Utilizing these behavioral and endocrinological techniques will help to understand the mechanisms whereby established pairs of a long-lived species produce a higher number of offspring. These data will not only fill a significant gap in our knowledge of physiology but has the enormous potential of directly influencing the management programs underlying conservation and restoration of biological diversity.

保护和管理栖息地正在减少的物种需要了解导致成功繁殖的内分泌和行为因素。自1983年以来，博尔斯马博士一直在阿根廷研究这样的物种，已经确认了大约5000个个体。她发现，当两个个体建立长期的配对关系时，他们的生殖成功明显更大。对于这种日益增长的成功是如何实现的，人们知之甚少。在她的研究生福勒和世界知名的内分泌学家温菲尔德博士的帮助下，荷尔蒙的变化将在两个完整的繁殖季节确定。他们将研究年龄、配对状态、激素谱之间的关系，以及这些因素是如何相互作用影响生育成功的。利用这些行为和内分泌技术将有助于理解建立的长寿物种配对产生更多后代的机制。这些数据不仅将填补我们在生理学知识方面的重大空白，而且具有直接影响生物多样性保护和恢复的管理计划的巨大潜力。