圈养环境影响大熊猫配偶选择的心理机制

配偶选择是大熊猫婚配过程中的重要环节，影响因素及其作用机制是行为学研究的热点，对大熊猫圈养种群的保护和野外小种群的复壮至关重要。国内外还没有有效解决圈养大熊猫自然繁殖困难的问题，很可能与环境不适造成的择偶失败有关。大熊猫在迁地保护过程中，承受了环境改变的压力，对其环境适应能力提出了巨大挑战，而非自然的配偶选择过程又进一步加重了这一不利因素。外界环境的变化如何影响圈养大熊猫配偶选择过程及其作用机制还不清楚。本项目拟开展影响圈养大熊猫配偶选择的心理因素方面的基础研究，首先回答了大熊猫对环境变化是否具有认知偏差的关键问题，这是研究环境适应性的关键，之后利用行为学、生理学及生物统计学等理论和手段研究环境适应的心理特征对圈养大熊猫配偶选择的影响并建立相关性联系，探讨圈养大熊猫配偶选择的心理机制。研究结果以期科学指导高遗传价值的圈养大熊猫个体的自然交配尝试与筛选适于野化放归的圈养大熊猫个体等保护实践。

Mate choice is an important link in the mating process of giant pandas. Its influencing factors and their mechanisms are the hotspots of behavioral research, and it is very important for the protection of captive populations and the rejuvenation of small wild populations of giant pandas. At home and abroad, there has not been an effective solution to the difficulty of natural breeding of captive giant pandas, which is most likely related to the failure of mate choice caused by environmental discomfort. In the process of ex situ conservation, giant pandas have endured the pressure of environmental changes, which poses a huge challenge to their environmental adaptability, and the unnatural mate selection process has further aggravated this disadvantage. How changes in the external environment affect the mating selection process and mechanism of captive giant pandas is still unclear. The project intends to carry out basic research on the psychological factors that affect the mate choice of captive giant panda during breeding period. First, it answers the key question of whether captive giant pandas have cognitive bias to environmental changes, which is to studying environmental adaptability, then, using theories and methods of behavior, physiology and biostatistics to study the influence of the psychological characteristics of environmental adaptation on the mate choice of captive giant pandas and establish correlations, explore the psychological mechanism of mate choice for captive giant pandas. The results of the research are expected to scientifically guide the natural mating attempts of captive giant panda individuals with high genetic value and the selection of captive giant panda individuals suitable for reintroduction and other conservation practices.