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dc.contributor.authorHallmann, Konstantin-
dc.contributor.authorGriebeler, Eva Maria-
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-10T09:13:23Z-
dc.date.available2020-03-10T10:13:23Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.urihttps://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/43-
dc.description.abstractAbstract While many morphological, physiological, and ecological characteristics of organisms scale with body size, some do not change under size transformation. They are called invariant. A recent study recommended five criteria for identifying invariant traits. These are based on that a trait exhibits a unimodal central tendency and varies over a limited range with body mass (type I), or that it does not vary systematically with body mass (type II). We methodologically improved these criteria and then applied them to life history traits of amphibians, Anura, Caudata (eleven traits), and reptiles (eight traits). The numbers of invariant traits identified by criteria differed across amphibian orders and between amphibians and reptiles. Reproductive output (maximum number of reproductive events per year), incubation time, length of larval period, and metamorphosis size were type I and II invariant across amphibians. In both amphibian orders, reproductive output and metamorphosis size were type I and II invariant. In Anura, incubation time and length of larval period and in Caudata, incubation time were further type II invariant. In reptiles, however, only number of clutches per year was invariant (type II). All these differences could reflect that in reptiles body size and in amphibians, Anura, and Caudata metamorphosis (neotenic species go not through it) and the trend toward independence of egg and larval development from water additionally constrained life history evolution. We further demonstrate that all invariance criteria worked for amphibian and reptilian life history traits, although we corroborated some known and identified new limitations to their application.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipDFG, Open Access-Publizieren Universität Mainz / Universitätsmedizin-
dc.language.isoeng-
dc.rightsCC BYde_DE
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/-
dc.subject.ddc570 Biowissenschaftende_DE
dc.subject.ddc570 Life sciencesen_GB
dc.titleAn identification of invariants in life history traits of amphibians and reptilesen_GB
dc.typeZeitschriftenaufsatzde_DE
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:hebis:77-publ-595853-
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-41-
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jgu.type.versionPublished versionen_GB
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jgu.organisation.departmentFB 10 Biologie-
jgu.organisation.number7970-
jgu.organisation.nameJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz-
jgu.rights.accessrightsopenAccess-
jgu.journal.titleEcology and evolution-
jgu.journal.volume10-
jgu.journal.issue3-
jgu.pages.start1233-
jgu.pages.end1251-
jgu.publisher.year2020-
jgu.publisher.nameJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.-
jgu.publisher.placeS.l.-
jgu.publisher.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5978-
jgu.publisher.issn2045-7758-
jgu.organisation.placeMainz-
jgu.subject.ddccode570-
opus.date.accessioned2020-03-10T09:13:23Z-
opus.date.modified2020-03-12T10:46:03Z-
opus.date.available2020-03-10T10:13:23-
opus.subject.dfgcode00-000-
opus.organisation.stringFB 10: Biologie: Institut für Organismische und Molekulare Evolutionsbiologiede_DE
opus.identifier.opusid59585-
opus.institute.number1011-
opus.metadataonlyfalse-
opus.type.contenttypeKeinede_DE
opus.type.contenttypeNoneen_GB
opus.affiliatedGriebeler, Eva Maria-
jgu.publisher.doi10.1002/ece3.5978
jgu.organisation.rorhttps://ror.org/023b0x485
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