Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: stx climate: Aw, Cwa, Cwb migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: TPa food: bxM, xiHl class:
MRE = 0.067 habitat: 0iTi, 0iTs, 0iTh gender: Dg order:
SMSE = 0.010 embryo: Tv reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
tg 271 269.3 (0.006098) d gestation time for female calves AnAge
tx 213 218.3 (0.02479) d time since birth at weaning AnAge
tp 768 756.4 (0.01511) d time since birth at puberty for females AnAge
tpm 1184 1177 (0.00609) d time since birth at puberty for males AnAge
am 8103 8194 (0.01118) d life span AnAge
Wwb 1.638e+04 1.722e+04 (0.05155) g wet weight at birth for female AnAge
Wwi 2.2e+05 2.007e+05 (0.08756) g ultimate wet weight for females Wiki
Wwim 2.35e+05 2.548e+05 (0.08426) g ultimate wet weight for males Wiki
Ri 0.00274 0.002717 (0.00833) #/d maximum reprod rate AnAge

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tW_f Data for females and males time since birth wet weight (0.06626) Grob1980
tW_m Data for females and males time since birth wet weight (0.1296) Grob1980

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Hippotragus niger Unit Description
v 0.02 0.04819 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.819 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 86.15 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.801 - growth efficiency
t_0 0 1e-10 d time at start development

Discussion

  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} and E_Hp only
  • slow/fast foetal development is taken as free parameter with t_0 = 0, but development appears to be fast
  • mod_1: males have equal state variables at b, compared to females

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