Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std climate: Cfa, Dfa, Dfb migrate: TT phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.3 ecozone: THn food: biCii, bpAa class:
MRE = 0.058 habitat: 0iFl gender: Dg order:
SMSE = 0.008 embryo: Fc reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 38.5 39.22 (0.01876) d age at birth amphibiaweb
tj 150 149.7 (0.002195) d time since birth at metam amphibiaweb
tp 1095 924.4 (0.1558) d time since birth at puberty for females AnAge
tpm 730 881.8 (0.2079) d time since birth at puberty for males AnAge
am 1.168e+04 1.168e+04 (9.427e-06) d life span AnAge
Lj 1.9 1.908 (0.004347) cm SVL at metam guess
Lp 6.2 5.86 (0.05486) cm SVL at puberty guess
Li 13 13.68 (0.05222) cm ultimate SVL amphibiaweb
Wwb 0.0042 0.004182 (0.004287) g wet weight at birth guess
Wwi 12.84 12.87 (0.002608) g ultimate wet weight for females AnAge
Ri 0.274 0.2742 (0.0007545) #/d reprod rate AnAge

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
LL_f Data for females, males initial SVL final SVL (0.04314) RussPowe1996
LL_m Data for females, males initial SVL final SVL (0.03648) RussPowe1996

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Ambystoma maculatum Unit Description
v 0.02 0.02146 cm/d energy conductance
p_M 18 19.42 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
k 0.3 0.7527 - maintenance ratio
kap 0.8 0.962 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_G 0.8 0.8015 - growth efficiency
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency

Discussion

  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} only
  • Temperatures are guessed

Facts

  • Embryos and larvae till stage 44 have photosynthetic symbionts within its cells and tissues, the single-celled alga Oophila amblystomatis (Ref: AmphibiaWeb)

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