Add to ORKGGrowth was calculated for the world’s smallest tortoise species, Homopus signatus signatus, by comparing body size data gathered in spring 2000, 2001 and 2002. Sexual differences could not be identified, but mean growth was significantly lower in 2000/01 than in 2001/02, possibly due to higher winter rainfall preceding the second period. Variation in growth rates was highest in juveniles. Growth decreased with increasing straight carapace length, resulting in a preliminary estimate of 11 years for females to reach sexual maturity.Key words: tortoises, Homopus, ecology, growth
Macroevolutionary patterns of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) indicate how sexual selection, natural se...
Two populations, island and mainland, of promiscuous sexually coercive Hermann tortoises (Testudo he...
We estimated growth rates of Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) with capture- recapture data fro...
Using data from gopher tortoises captured over a 10-yr period in a population in central Florida, we...
Philosophiae Doctor - PhDTortoises appear to be successful in arid ecosystems, where they depend on ...
Sexual size dimorphism in steppe tortoises (Testudo horsfieldi): growth, maturity, an
Using data for the body size and shell shape of Algerian Testudo graeca, we assessed how proximate c...
Ectotherms exhibit varying geographic size patterns shaped by environmental and evolutionary factors...
In captivity, tortoises often grow faster than their conspecifics in the wild. Here, we document gro...
Life-history traits include those characters ultimately influencing the growth and persistence of po...
The greater padloper, Homopus femoralis, is largely endemic to South Africa. Its ecology remains un...
Sexual dimorphism, growth and maturation patterns of Testudo g. graeca in the Central Jbilets, Moroc...
Observations were made of the morphometrics of captive pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri) in ...
Captive breeding of the Critically Endangered western swamp tortoise (WST; Pseudemydura umbrina) has...
This article belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction.Long-lived species are particularly interest...
Macroevolutionary patterns of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) indicate how sexual selection, natural se...
Two populations, island and mainland, of promiscuous sexually coercive Hermann tortoises (Testudo he...
We estimated growth rates of Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) with capture- recapture data fro...
Using data from gopher tortoises captured over a 10-yr period in a population in central Florida, we...
Philosophiae Doctor - PhDTortoises appear to be successful in arid ecosystems, where they depend on ...
Sexual size dimorphism in steppe tortoises (Testudo horsfieldi): growth, maturity, an
Using data for the body size and shell shape of Algerian Testudo graeca, we assessed how proximate c...
Ectotherms exhibit varying geographic size patterns shaped by environmental and evolutionary factors...
In captivity, tortoises often grow faster than their conspecifics in the wild. Here, we document gro...
Life-history traits include those characters ultimately influencing the growth and persistence of po...
The greater padloper, Homopus femoralis, is largely endemic to South Africa. Its ecology remains un...
Sexual dimorphism, growth and maturation patterns of Testudo g. graeca in the Central Jbilets, Moroc...
Observations were made of the morphometrics of captive pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri) in ...
Captive breeding of the Critically Endangered western swamp tortoise (WST; Pseudemydura umbrina) has...
This article belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction.Long-lived species are particularly interest...
Macroevolutionary patterns of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) indicate how sexual selection, natural se...
Two populations, island and mainland, of promiscuous sexually coercive Hermann tortoises (Testudo he...
We estimated growth rates of Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) with capture- recapture data fro...