Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std	climate: Cfa	migrate:	phylum: Chordata
COMPLETE = 2.5	ecozone: THn	food: biCi, piO	class: Reptilia
MRE = 0.139	habitat: 0bTd, biFp, biFl, biFr	gender: Dtmf	order: Testudines
SMSE = 0.047	embryo: Tt	reprod: O	family: Emydidae

Zero-variate data

Data	Observed	Predicted	(RE)	Unit	Description	Reference
ab	52.5	54.55	(0.03906)	d	age at birth	ADW
tp	2555	2330	(0.08796)	d	time since birth at puberty	ADW
tpm	1095	1095	(0.0003103)	d	time since birth at puberty for males	ADW
am	9526	9541	(0.001507)	d	life span	AnAge
Lb	3.2	3.835	(0.1986)	cm	carapace length at birth	ADW
Li	30.5	28.29	(0.07237)	cm	ultimate carapace length	Wiki
Lim	25	22.98	(0.08085)	cm	ultimate carapace length	Wiki
Wwb	12.3	10.6	(0.1382)	g	wet weight at birth	Wiki
Wwi	4000	4255	(0.06376)	g	ultimate wet weight	Wiki
Wwim	1800	1937	(0.07587)	g	ultimate wet weight	Wiki
Ri	0.2466	0.2298	(0.06786)	#/d	maximum reprod rate	ADW

Uni- and bivariate data

Data	Figure	Independent variable	Dependent variable	(RE)	Reference
LL_f		carapace length at capture	carapace length at recapture	(0.08907)	MunsWald2015
LL_m		carapace length at capture	carapace length at recapture	(0.3304)	MunsWald2015

Pseudo-data at T_ref = 20°C

Data	Generalised animal	Pseudemys nelsoni	Unit	Description
v	0.02	0.0309	cm/d	energy conductance
kap	0.8	0.355	-	allocation fraction to soma
kap_R	0.95	0.95	-	reproduction efficiency
p_M	18	32.27	J/d.cm^3	vol-spec som maint
k_J	0.002	0.002	1/d	maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G	0.8	0.8011	-	growth efficiency

Discussion

• Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} and E_Hp only

Facts

• Lays eggs in alligator nests (Ref: ADW)
• Temperatures below 28.5 C give males (Ref: ADW)

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