Altunışık Abdullah, Yıldız Mehmet Zülfü, Tatlı Hatice Hale, Yalçınkaya Deniz, Akman Bahadır
Biology Department, Faculty of Arts and Sciences University of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Rize Türkiye.
Zoology Section, Biology Department, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Adıyaman University Adıyaman Türkiye.
Ecol Evol. 2024 Jun 18;14(6):e11521. doi: 10.1002/ece3.11521. eCollection 2024 Jun.
The life-history traits of ectothermic animals can be influenced by many abiotic factors, including climate. As an ectothermic species, we questioned whether the life-history characteristics of the orange-tailed skink () populations differ between two different environments/climates. Our findings showed that the average body size of lizards living in the Mediterranean climate zone was higher than those in the continental climate zone. However, although Mediterranean population had higher mean values regarding average age, there was no discernible difference between the two climate zone populations. When considering all populations collectively, it has been discovered that the species' maximum lifespan is 18 years. Body size notably increased with age in both populations. Through the utilization of the von Bertalanffy equation, the anticipated growth parameters portrayed a highly accurate connection between age and snout-vent length. In conclusion, lizards living in habitats characterized by milder Mediterranean climates were found to have larger body sizes than continental populations, but both populations were comparable in terms of mean age. This difference can be explained by several factors, including activation time, temperature, precipitation, food abundance, and the presence of predators.
变温动物的生活史特征会受到包括气候在内的许多非生物因素的影响。作为一种变温物种，我们质疑橙色尾石龙子（）种群的生活史特征在两种不同的环境/气候下是否存在差异。我们的研究结果表明，生活在地中海气候区的蜥蜴平均体型大于生活在大陆气候区的蜥蜴。然而，尽管地中海种群在平均年龄方面均值较高，但两个气候区的种群之间没有明显差异。当综合考虑所有种群时，发现该物种的最大寿命为18年。两个种群的体型均随年龄显著增加。通过使用冯·贝塔朗菲方程，预期的生长参数描绘了年龄与吻肛长度之间高度精确的关系。总之，发现生活在气候较为温和的地中海气候栖息地的蜥蜴比大陆种群的体型更大，但两个种群在平均年龄方面相当。这种差异可以由几个因素来解释，包括活动时间、温度、降水量、食物丰富度和捕食者的存在。
