Silver-spoon effect in agricultural crop consumers: crop consumption enhances skeletal growth in sika deer

• Published in: PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) Vol. 13; p. e19836
• Main Authors: Hata, Ayaka, Saeki, Midori, Kozakai, Chinatsu, Nakashita, Rumiko, Fukasawa, Keita, Nakajima, Yasuhiro, Murata, Ryodai, Harada, Yuki, Takada, Mayura B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States PeerJ. Ltd 07.08.2025; PeerJ, Inc; PeerJ Inc
• Subjects: Age; Agricultural crop; Agricultural industry; Agricultural land; Agricultural Science; Animal control; Animal populations; Animal reproduction; Animals; Biodiversity; Body size; Bone Development - physiology; Conservation Biology; Consumption; Crops; Crops, Agricultural; Deer; Deer - growth & development; Deer - physiology; Ecology; Female; Females; Fetuses; Growth; Growth curve; Herbivore; Land use; Life history; Male; Stable isotope; Success; Zoology; Japan; Agricultural crop; Life history; Stable isotope; Deer; Herbivore; Growth curve

Owing to agricultural expansion worldwide, agricultural crops can have major effects on the life history traits of wildlife. However, the functional role of crop consumption on the life history traits of long-lived mammals is seldom evaluated quantitatively. Body size is an important life history tr...