Impact of various ecological parameters on the life-history characteristics of Bufotes viridis sitibundus from Turkey
| Autor: | Nurhayat Özdemir, Abdullah Altunişik, Serkan Gül |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male Histology Turkey Longevity Biology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Altitude Sexual maturity Skeletochronology Animals Body Size Growth rate Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Maximum life span Ecosystem Skeleton Bone growth Sex Characteristics Sexual dimorphism 030104 developmental biology Mantel test Female Anatomy Anura 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Biotechnology Demography |
| Zdroj: | Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007)REFERENCES. 304(8) |
| ISSN: | 1932-8494 |
| Popis: | In this study, we used the skeletochronology method to estimate various growth parameters, such as age structure, minimum and maximum life span, age of sexual maturity, and the relationship between body size and weight of eight different populations of the variable toad, Bufotes viridis sitibundus, in Turkey. Further, we determined the relationship between these parameters and ecologic factors using the partial Mantel test. A significant difference was found among the populations with respect to age, body size, and body weight in both males and females. On average, the maximum life span was recorded as 10 years for males and 11 years for females. In the studied populations, the average age of sexual maturity ranged between 2 and 4 years for both sexes. Sexual dimorphism in terms of snout-vent length (SVL) was not observed between males and females in all the populations. Toads from the higher altitudes tended to be significantly larger, older, and heavier than those from lower altitudes. We concluded that altitude and temperature have an impact on the growth rate, body size, and body mass. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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