Tarentola diet

Here, we examined the possible effects of anthropogenic disturbances and modifications of a natural habitat, which still might look as natural, in comparison with a truly unaltered natural habitat, on the feeding ecology of <em>Tarentola mauritanica</em> geckos. For this, we compared two contiguous small islands with similar environmental characteristics (climate, vegetation, topography, etc), but highly contrasting differences in urbanization and anthropogenic influence (actual unaltered natural habitats vs. apparently natural habitats but with anthropic disturbances; see methods). In each island, we estimated habitat structure, availability of invertebrates in the habitat, and the diet composition (based on fecal contents), diet selection patterns and body size and condition of geckos.

本研究旨在探讨：相较于完全未受干扰的自然生境，那些外观上仍看似自然的生境所经历的人为干扰与改造，对摩洛哥弯脚虎（*Tarentola mauritanica*）取食生态学的潜在影响。为此，本研究选取两座环境特征（气候、植被、地形等）相似的毗邻小型岛屿作为研究对象，二者在城市化程度与人为干扰强度上存在显著差异：一组为完全未受干扰的自然生境，另一组为外观看似自然但存在人为干扰的生境，具体实验方法详见研究方法部分。针对两座岛屿，我们分别评估了其生境结构、生境内无脊椎动物的可获得性、基于粪便内容物分析的壁虎食谱组成、食性选择模式，以及壁虎的体型与体况。