Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std climate: BWh migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.6 ecozone: THn food: biH class:
MRE = 0.155 habitat: 0iTd gender: Dg order:
SMSE = 0.072 embryo: Tnt reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 35 37.52 (0.07205) d age at birth ADW
am 3395 3393 (0.0003139) d life span AnAge
Lb 7 5.687 (0.1876) cm SVL at hatching John1965
Lp 13.5 12.44 (0.07825) cm SVL at puberty John1965
Lpm 12.5 12.51 (0.0008493) cm SVL at puberty males John1965
Li 18.6 19.08 (0.0259) cm ultimate SVL John1965
Lim 19.9 20.82 (0.04612) cm ultimate SVL males John1965
Wwb 7.5 7.157 (0.04575) g wet weight at hatching ADW
Ri 0.02192 0.02008 (0.08367) #/d maximum reprod rate ADW

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
LW_f Data for females, males SVL wet weight (0.1423) John1965
LW_m Data for females, males SVL wet weight (0.08403) John1965
LdL_SMf SVL change in SVL (1.156) SullKwia2004
LdL_SMm SVL change in SVL (0.3433) SullKwia2004
LdL_LOf SVL change in SVL (0.437) SullKwia2004
LdL_LOm SVL change in SVL (0.5647) SullKwia2004

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Sauromalus ater Unit Description
v 0.02 0.04195 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.3417 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 7.924 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.0006 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.7978 - growth efficiency

Discussion

  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} only
  • Mean times between captures in LdL data is 2.5 yr, active between mar and aug, so mean temp of 35 C reduced to 23 C to correct of winter torpor

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