Detecting intraannual dietary variability in wild mountain gorillas by stable isotope analysis of feces.

Abstract:

:We use stable isotope ratios in feces of wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei) to test the hypothesis that diet shifts within a single year, as measured by dry mass intake, can be recovered. Isotopic separation of staple foods indicates that intraannual changes in the isotopic composition of feces reflect shifts in diet. Fruits are isotopically distinct compared with other staple foods, and peaks in fecal δ(13)C values are interpreted as periods of increased fruit feeding. Bayesian mixing model results demonstrate that, although the timing of these diet shifts match observational data, the modeled increase in proportional fruit feeding does not capture the full shift. Variation in the isotopic and nutritional composition of gorilla foods is largely independent, highlighting the difficulty for estimating nutritional intake with stable isotopes. Our results demonstrate the potential value of fecal sampling for quantifying short-term, intraindividual dietary variability in primates and other animals with high temporal resolution even when the diet is composed of C(3) plants.

authors

Blumenthal SA,Chritz KL,Rothman JM,Cerling TE

doi

10.1073/pnas.1215782109

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-12-26 00:00:00

pages

21277-82

issue

52

eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

pii

1215782109

journal_volume

109

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Endogenous lectins from cultured cells: nuclear localization of carbohydrate-binding protein 35 in proliferating 3T3 fibroblasts.

    abstract::Proliferating 3T3 mouse fibroblasts contain higher levels of the lectin carbohydrate-binding protein 35 (CBP35) than do quiescent cultures of the same cells. An immunofluorescence study was carried out with a rabbit antiserum directed against CBP35 to map the cellular fluorescence distribution in a large population of...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.84.18.6452

    authors: Moutsatsos IK,Wade M,Schindler M,Wang JL

    更新日期:1987-09-01 00:00:00

  • Cell-free synthesis of a specific lipoprotein of the Escherichia coli outer membrane directed by purified messenger RNA.

    abstract::A specific lipoprotein of the E. coli outer membrane has been synthesized in a cell-free system directed by purified messenger RNA. The mRNA for the lipoprotein was purified as 7S RNA about 250-fold from exponentially growing cells. Protein synthesis of the cell-free system was totally dependent upon the addition of t...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.71.10.4149

    authors: Hirashima A,Wang S,Inouye M

    更新日期:1974-10-01 00:00:00

  • High-efficiency gene transfer into skeletal muscle mediated by electric pulses.

    abstract::Gene delivery to skeletal muscle is a promising strategy for the treatment of muscle disorders and for the systemic secretion of therapeutic proteins. However, present DNA delivery technologies have to be improved with regard to both the level of expression and interindividual variability. We report very efficient pla...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.96.8.4262

    authors: Mir LM,Bureau MF,Gehl J,Rangara R,Rouy D,Caillaud JM,Delaere P,Branellec D,Schwartz B,Scherman D

    更新日期:1999-04-13 00:00:00

  • A yeast artificial chromosome containing the mouse homeobox cluster Hox-2.

    abstract::We have isolated two genes, Hox-2.8 and Hox-2.9, from the mouse homeobox cluster Hox-2, located on chromosome 11. A 120-kilobase yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) containing a large region of the murine Hox-2 cluster, including 45 kilobases of sequence upstream of the most 5' gene, was cloned. The DNA sequence of the ...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.87.12.4751

    authors: Rubock MJ,Larin Z,Cook M,Papalopulu N,Krumlauf R,Lehrach H

    更新日期:1990-06-01 00:00:00

  • Transcription initiation in the histidine operon of Salmonella typhimurium.

    abstract::Evidence is presented for two natural transcription initiators positioned internally in the histidine operon of Salmonella typhimurium. They were detected using highly polar S. typhimurium his mutants as recipients for F' Escherichia coli his episomes. These intergeneric complementation tests provide a sensitive metho...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.65.4.925

    authors: Atkins JF,Loper JC

    更新日期:1970-04-01 00:00:00

  • gamma-Aminobutyric acid exerts a local inhibitory action on the axon terminal of bipolar cells: evidence for negative feedback from amacrine cells.

    abstract::It is well-established morphologically that bipolar cells, the second-order neurons in the vertebrate retina, make reciprocal synapses with amacrine cells in the inner plexiform layer. However, neither the property nor the physiological function of the feedback synapse is understood. Autoradiographic and immunohistoch...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.84.10.3501

    authors: Tachibana M,Kaneko A

    更新日期:1987-05-01 00:00:00

  • Links between plant litter chemistry, species diversity, and below-ground ecosystem function.

    abstract::Decomposition is a critical source of plant nutrients, and drives the largest flux of terrestrial C to the atmosphere. Decomposing soil organic matter typically contains litter from multiple plant species, yet we lack a mechanistic understanding of how species diversity influences decomposition processes. Here, we sho...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.0805600105

    authors: Meier CL,Bowman WD

    更新日期:2008-12-16 00:00:00

  • Engineered calmodulins reveal the unexpected eminence of Ca2+ channel inactivation in controlling heart excitation.

    abstract::Engineered calmodulins (CaMs), rendered Ca2+-insensitive by mutations, function as dominant negatives in heterologous systems, and have revealed mechanisms of ion channel modulation by Ca2+/CaM. The use of these CaMs in native mammalian cells now emerges as a strategy to unmask the biology of such Ca2+ feedback. Here,...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.262372999

    authors: Alseikhan BA,DeMaria CD,Colecraft HM,Yue DT

    更新日期:2002-12-24 00:00:00

  • Nitrogen photoreduction on desert sands under sterile conditions.

    abstract::Sands from various geographic locations reduce N(2) from the air to NH(3) and traces of N(2)H(4) on exposure to sunlight. This N(2) photofixation occurs under sterile conditions on the surface of finely dispersed titanium minerals such as rutile, utilizing reducing equivalents generated through the photolysis of chemi...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.80.12.3873

    authors: Schrauzer GN,Strampach N,Hui LN,Palmer MR,Salehi J

    更新日期:1983-06-01 00:00:00

  • Local and systemic delivery of a stable aspirin-triggered lipoxin prevents neutrophil recruitment in vivo.

    abstract::Aspirin (ASA) triggers a switch in the biosynthesis of lipid mediators, inhibiting prostanoid production and initiating 15-epi-lipoxin generation through the acetylation of cyclooxygenase II. These aspirin-triggered lipoxins (ATL) may mediate some of ASA's beneficial actions and therefore are of interest in the search...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.96.14.8247

    authors: Clish CB,O'Brien JA,Gronert K,Stahl GL,Petasis NA,Serhan CN

    更新日期:1999-07-06 00:00:00

  • Processing of precursors of 21S ribosomal RNA from yeast mitochondria.

    abstract::The transcription and processing of mitochondrial 21S rRNA in a petite strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been examined by electron microscopic analysis of R-loop hybrids and by hybridization of labeled mitochondrial DNA probes to RNA transferred to diazobenzyloxymethyl paper. We have shown the presence of a large...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.77.3.1417

    authors: Merten S,Synenki RM,Locker J,Christianson T,Rabinowitz M

    更新日期:1980-03-01 00:00:00

  • Molecular codes for cell type specification in Brn3 retinal ganglion cells.

    abstract::Visual information is conveyed from the eye to the brain by distinct types of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). It is largely unknown how RGCs acquire their defining morphological and physiological features and connect to upstream and downstream synaptic partners. The three Brn3/Pou4f transcription factors (TFs) particip...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.1618551114

    authors: Sajgo S,Ghinia MG,Brooks M,Kretschmer F,Chuang K,Hiriyanna S,Wu Z,Popescu O,Badea TC

    更新日期:2017-05-16 00:00:00

  • Deciding fate in adverse times: sporulation and competence in Bacillus subtilis.

    abstract::Bacteria serve as the central arena for understanding how gene networks and proteins process information and control cellular behaviors. Recently, much effort has been devoted to the investigation of specific bacteria gene circuits as functioning modules. The next challenge is the integrative modeling of complex cellu...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.0912185106

    authors: Schultz D,Wolynes PG,Ben Jacob E,Onuchic JN

    更新日期:2009-12-15 00:00:00

  • Urocanic acid is a major chemoattractant for the skin-penetrating parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis.

    abstract::Host-seeking behavior by parasitic nematodes relies heavily on chemical cues emanating from potential hosts. Nonspecific cues for Strongyloides stercoralis, a nematode that infects humans and a few other mammals, include carbon dioxide and sodium chloride; however, the characteristic species specificity of this parasi...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.0610193104

    authors: Safer D,Brenes M,Dunipace S,Schad G

    更新日期:2007-01-30 00:00:00

  • Transient Darwinian selection in Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A during 450 years of global spread of enteric fever.

    abstract::Multiple epidemic diseases have been designated as emerging or reemerging because the numbers of clinical cases have increased. Emerging diseases are often suspected to be driven by increased virulence or fitness, possibly associated with the gain of novel genes or mutations. However, the time period over which humans...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.1411012111

    authors: Zhou Z,McCann A,Weill FX,Blin C,Nair S,Wain J,Dougan G,Achtman M

    更新日期:2014-08-19 00:00:00

  • Intramolecular vibrational dephasing obeys a power law at intermediate times.

    abstract::Experimental intramolecular vibrational dephasing transients for several large organic molecules are reanalyzed. Fits to the experimental data, as well as full numerical quantum calculations with a factorized potential surface for all active degrees of freedom of fluorene indicate that power law decays, not exponentia...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.95.11.5965

    authors: Gruebele M

    更新日期:1998-05-26 00:00:00

  • Beginnings of village-farming communities in southeastern Turkey.

    abstract::Since the end of World War II, much evidence has accrued of the primary phase of village-farming community life in Southwestern Asia, which began about 7000 B.C. The remains of (usually) several of the positively domesticated animals (dog, sheep, goat, pig) and plants (wheat, barley, legumes such as peas and lentils) ...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.68.6.1236

    authors: Braidwood RJ,Cambel H,Redman CL,Watson PJ

    更新日期:1971-06-01 00:00:00

  • The impact of the certainty context on the process of choice.

    abstract::In this study we examine how the introduction of a reference lottery with nonrandom outcomes alters the way in which choices among pairs of lotteries are made, even if it does not alter the choices. We use different domains (some of the lotteries produce gains, other losses) and different contexts (one member of the p...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.0530279100

    authors: Dickhaut J,McCabe K,Nagode JC,Rustichini A,Smith K,Pardo JV

    更新日期:2003-03-18 00:00:00

  • A hydroxyproline-rich protein in the soybean cell wall.

    abstract::A cDNA clone that hybridizes to an mRNA (1A10) that accumulates to a substantial level in the axis of the germinating soybean seed was sequenced. The amino acid sequence of the clone indicates an almost perfect repeat of Pro-Pro-Val-Tyr-Lys resulting in a protein containing 40% proline and lacking serine and histidine...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.85.4.1082

    authors: Averyhart-Fullard V,Datta K,Marcus A

    更新日期:1988-02-01 00:00:00

  • Nuclear-encoded proteins target to the plastid in Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum.

    abstract::A vestigial, nonphotosynthetic plastid has been identified recently in protozoan parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa. The apicomplexan plastid, or "apicoplast," is indispensable, but the complete sequence of both the Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii apicoplast genomes has offered no clue as to what essentia...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.95.21.12352

    authors: Waller RF,Keeling PJ,Donald RG,Striepen B,Handman E,Lang-Unnasch N,Cowman AF,Besra GS,Roos DS,McFadden GI

    更新日期:1998-10-13 00:00:00

  • MR1 antigen presentation to mucosal-associated invariant T cells was highly conserved in evolution.

    abstract::Several nonclassical major histocompatibilty antigens (class Ib molecules) have emerged as key players in the early immune response to pathogens or stress. Class Ib molecules activate subsets of T cells that mount effector responses before the adaptive immune system, and thus are called innate T cells. MR1 is a novel ...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.0903196106

    authors: Huang S,Martin E,Kim S,Yu L,Soudais C,Fremont DH,Lantz O,Hansen TH

    更新日期:2009-05-19 00:00:00

  • Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 activation in astrocytes contributes to neuropathic pain.

    abstract::Neuropathic pain afflicts millions of individuals and represents a major health problem for which there is limited effective and safe therapy. Emerging literature links altered sphingolipid metabolism to nociceptive processing. However, the neuropharmacology of sphingolipid signaling in the central nervous system in t...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.1820466116

    authors: Chen Z,Doyle TM,Luongo L,Largent-Milnes TM,Giancotti LA,Kolar G,Squillace S,Boccella S,Walker JK,Pendleton A,Spiegel S,Neumann WL,Vanderah TW,Salvemini D

    更新日期:2019-05-21 00:00:00

  • Layer-by-layer assembled fluorescent probes in the second near-infrared window for systemic delivery and detection of ovarian cancer.

    abstract::Fluorescence imaging in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II, 1,000-1,700 nm) features deep tissue penetration, reduced tissue scattering, and diminishing tissue autofluorescence. Here, NIR-II fluorescent probes, including down-conversion nanoparticles, quantum dots, single-walled carbon nanotubes, and organic dyes...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.1521175113

    authors: Dang X,Gu L,Qi J,Correa S,Zhang G,Belcher AM,Hammond PT

    更新日期:2016-05-10 00:00:00

  • Inheritance of Trans Chromosomal Methylation patterns from Arabidopsis F1 hybrids.

    abstract::Hybridization in plants leads to transinteractions between the parental genomes and epigenomes that can result in changes to both 24 nt siRNA and cytosine methylation ((m)C) levels in the hybrid. In Arabidopsis the principle processes altering the hybrid methylome are Trans Chromosomal Methylation (TCM) and Trans Chro...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.1323656111

    authors: Greaves IK,Groszmann M,Wang A,Peacock WJ,Dennis ES

    更新日期:2014-02-04 00:00:00

  • DEMETER and REPRESSOR OF SILENCING 1 encode 5-methylcytosine DNA glycosylases.

    abstract::Cytosine methylation is an epigenetic mark that promotes gene silencing and plays important roles in development and genome defense against transposons. Methylation patterns are established and maintained by DNA methyltransferases that catalyze transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to cytosine bases ...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.0601109103

    authors: Morales-Ruiz T,Ortega-Galisteo AP,Ponferrada-Marín MI,Martínez-Macías MI,Ariza RR,Roldán-Arjona T

    更新日期:2006-05-02 00:00:00

  • Improved performance of quantum cascade lasers through a scalable, manufacturable epitaxial-side-down mounting process.

    abstract::We report substantially improved performance of high-power quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) by using epitaxial-side-down mounting that provides superior heat dissipation properties. We used aluminum nitride as the heatsink material and gold-tin eutectic solder. We have obtained continuous wave power output of 450 mW at 2...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.0600859103

    authors: Tsekoun A,Go R,Pushkarsky M,Razeghi M,Patel CK

    更新日期:2006-03-28 00:00:00

  • Oscillatory activity in the infant brain reflects object maintenance.

    abstract::The apparent failure of infants to understand "object permanence" by reaching for hidden objects is perhaps the most striking and debated phenomenon in cognitive development. Of particular interest is the extent to which infants perceive and remember objects in a similar way to that of adults. Here we report two findi...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.0507626102

    authors: Kaufman J,Csibra G,Johnson MH

    更新日期:2005-10-18 00:00:00

  • Method for preparing cultures of central neurons: cytochemical and immunochemical studies.

    abstract::We report a simplified method for culturing fetal central nervous system cells predominantly inducing neurons that grow, differentiate, and live in vitro for as long as 10 weeks. These central nervous system cells form a confluent cell culture in which about 80% of the cells are fully differentiated neurons producing ...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.77.1.653

    authors: Sotelo J,Gibbs CJ Jr,Gajdusek DC,Toh BH,Wurth M

    更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00

  • Silkworms transformed with chimeric silkworm/spider silk genes spin composite silk fibers with improved mechanical properties.

    abstract::The development of a spider silk-manufacturing process is of great interest. However, there are serious problems with natural manufacturing through spider farming, and standard recombinant protein production platforms have provided limited progress due to their inability to assemble spider silk proteins into fibers. T...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.1109420109

    authors: Teulé F,Miao YG,Sohn BH,Kim YS,Hull JJ,Fraser MJ Jr,Lewis RV,Jarvis DL

    更新日期:2012-01-17 00:00:00

  • Initiation of adenovirus DNA replication in vitro requires a specific DNA sequence.

    abstract::Initiation of adenovirus DNA replication in vitro occurs on a linearized plasmid DNA containing 3,327 base pairs of the adenovirus terminal sequence. Various deletions have been constructed in the plasmid DNA and their template activities examined. Deletions from an internal restriction enzyme cleavage site that retai...

    journal_title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1073/pnas.80.21.6446

    authors: Tamanoi F,Stillman BW

    更新日期:1983-11-01 00:00:00