Biodiversity Literature Repository
Published February 25, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article Open

Age Structure In A Declining Population Of Rana Temporaria From Northern Italy

Creators

Description

Guarino, FM, Di Gia, I, Sindaco, R (2008): Age Structure In A Declining Population Of Rana Temporaria From Northern Italy. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 54 (1): 99-112, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12585194

Files

source.pdf

Files (878.1 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:ccbc07c782bb17cd97ed752fd84fbfb8
878.1 kB Preview Download

Linked records

Additional details

Identifiers

LSID
urn:lsid:plazi.org:pub:FFBCFFC7FFBBFFCDFFED752FD84FFFB8

Related works

Has part
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12585196 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12585198 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12585200 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12585202 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12585204 (DOI)

References

  • AUGERT, D. & JOLY, P. (1993) Plasticity of age at maturity between two neighbouring populations of the common frog (Rana temporaria L.). Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 26-33.
  • BERNINI, F. & RAZZETTI, E. (2006) Rana temporaria. Pp. 368-373. In: SINDACO, R., DORIA, G., RAZZETTI, E. & BERNINI, F. (eds): Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili d'Italia/Atlas of Italians Amphibians and Reptiles. Societas Herpetologica Italica, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze.
  • CASTANET, J., FRANCILLON-VIEILLOT, H., MEUNIER, F. J. & RICQLES, A. DE (1993) Bone and individual aging. Pp 245-283. In: HALL, B.K. (ed.) Bone Vol 7. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
  • CHERRY, M. I. & FRANCILLON, M. H. (1992) Body size, age and reproduction in the leopard toad, Bufo pardalis. Journal of Zoology 228: 41-50.
  • CUMMINS, C. P. (1986) Temporal and spatial variation in egg size and fecundity in Rana temporaria. Journal of Animal Ecology 55: 303-316.
  • DRISCOLL, D. A. (1999) Skeletochronological assessment of age structure and population stability for two threatened frog species. Australian Journal of Ecology 24: 182-189.
  • ELMBERG, J. (1987) Random mating in a boreal population of European common frogs Rana temporaria. Holarctic Ecology 10: 193-195.
  • ESTEBAN, M. (1990) Environmental influences on the skeletochronological records among recent and fossil frogs. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Paris 11: 201-204.
  • FRANCILLON-VIEILLOT, M. H., ARNTZEN, J. W. & GERAUDIE, J. (1990) Age, growth and longevity of sympatric Triturus cristatus, T. marmoratus and their hybrids (Amphibia, Urodela). Journal of Herpetology 1: 13-22.
  • GIBBONS, M. M. & MCCARTHY, T. K. (1984) Growth, maturation and survival of frogs Rana temporaria L. Holarctic Ecology 7: 419-427.
  • GIBBONS, M. M. & MCCARTHY, T. K. (1986) The reproductive output of frogs Rana temporaria (L.) with particular reference to body size and age. Journal of Zoology 209: 579-593.
  • GROSSENBACHER, K. (1997) Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758. Pp. 158-159. In: GASC, J. P., CABE- LA, A., CRNOBRNJA-ISAILOVIC, J., DOLMEN, D., GROSSENBACHER, K., HAFFNER, P., LES- CURE, J., MARTENS, H., MARTINEZ, RICA, J. P., MAURIN, H., OLIVEIRA, M. E., SOFIANIDOU, T. S., VEITH, M., ZUIDERWIJK, A. (eds): Atlas of amphibians and reptiles in Europe. Societas Europaea Herpetologica and Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
  • GUARINO, F. M., ANDREONE, F. & ANGELINI, F. (1998) Growth and longevity in Mantidactylus microtympanun, a rainforest anuran from southern Madagascar. Copeia 1998: 194-198.
  • GUARINO, F. M., ANGELINI, F., GIACOMA, C. & CAVALLOTTO, L. (1995) Age determination by skeletochronology in low- and high-elevation populations of Rana italica. Pp. 187-191. In: LLORENTE, G. A., MONTORI, A., SANTOS, X. & CARRETERO, M. A. (eds): Scientia Herpetologica. AGAL, Barcelona.
  • GUARINO, F. M., DI MAIO, A. & CAPUTO, V. (2004) Age estimation by phalangeal skeletochronology of Caretta caretta from Mediterranean sea. Italian Journal of Zoology 71(Suppl. 2): 175-180.
  • GUARINO, F. M., LUNARDI, S., CARLOMAGNO, M. & MAZZOTTI, S. (2003) A skeletochronological study of growth, longevity and age at sexual maturity in a population of Rana latastei Boulenger, 1879 (Amphibia, Anura). Journal of Biosciences 28: 775-782.
  • GUYETANT, R., BROSSE, S., HEROLD, J. A. & PINSTON, H. (1988) Etude de la croissance et du developpement de grenouilles rousses Rana temporaria en altitude (Alpes du nord). Comptes Rendus Societe Biologique 182: 301-307.
  • HEMELAAR, A. (1988) Age, growth and other population characteristics of Bufo bufo from different latitudes and altitudes. Journal of Herpetology 22: 369-388.
  • KHONSUE, W., MATSUI, M., HIRAI, T. & MISAWA, Y. (2001) A comparison of age structure in two populations of a Pond Frog Rana nigromaculata (Amphibia: Anura). Zoological Science 18: 597-603.
  • KLEINEBERG, S. E. & SMIRINA, E. M. (1969) A contribution to the method of age determination in amphibians. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal 48: 1090-1094.
  • KOZLOWSKA, M. (1971) Differences in the reproductive biology of mountain and lowland common frogs, Rana temporaria L. Acta biologica Cracowiense (Zool.) 14: 17-32.
  • ISHCHENKO, V. G. (2004) Growth of brown frogs of fauna of Russia: some problems of study of growth in amphibians. Pp 153-157. In: ANANJEVA, N. & TSINENKO, O. (eds) Herpetologia Petropolitana, Russian Journal of Herpetology 12 (Suppl).
  • LECLAIR, M. H., LECLAIR, R. JR. & GALLANT, J. (2005) Application of skeletochronology to a population of Pelobates cultripes (Anura: Pelobatidae) from Portugal. Journal of Herpetology 39: 199-2005.
  • MARQUEZ, R., ESTEBAN, M. & CASTANET, J. (1997) Sexual size dimorphism and age in the midwife toads Alytes obstetricans and A. cisternasiis. Journal of Herpetology 31: 52-59.
  • MIAUD, C., GUYETANT, R. & ELMBERG, J. (1999) Variations in life-history traits in the common frog Rana temporaria (Amphibia: Anura): a literature review and new data from the French Alps. Journal of Zoology 249: 61-73.
  • MONNET, J. M. & CHERRY, M. I. (2002) Sexual size dimorphism in anurans. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 269: 2301-2307.
  • MORRISON, C., HERO, J. M. & BROWNING, J. (2004) Altitudinal variation in the age at maturity, longevity, and reproductive lifespan anurans in subtropical Queensland. Herpetologica 60: 34-44.
  • ROGERS, K. L. & HARVEY, L. (1994) A skeletochronological assessment of fossil and recent Bufo cognatus from south-central Colorado. Journal of Herpetology 28: 133-140.
  • ROZENBLUT, B. & OGIELSKA, M. (2005) Development and growth of long bones in European water frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae), with remarks on age determination. Journal of Morphol - ogy 265: 304-317.
  • RYSER, J. (1988) Determination of growth and maturation in the common on frog Rana temporaria by skeletochronology. Journal of Zoology 216: 673-675.
  • RYSER, J. (1996) Comparative life histories of a low- and high-elevation population of the common frog, Rana temporaria. Amphibia-Reptilia 17: 183-195.
  • SHINE, R. (1979) Sexual selection and sexual dimorphism in the Amphibia. Copeia 1979: 297-306.
  • SMIRINA, E. M. (1994) Age determination and longevity in amphibians. Gerontology 40: 133-146.
  • TSIORA A. & KYRIAKOPOULOU-SKLAVOUNOU, P. (2002) A skeletochronological study of age and growth in relation to adult size in the water frog Rana epeirotica. Zoology 105: 55-60.
  • YILMAZ, N. KUTRUP, B., COBANOGLU, U. & OZORAN, Y. (2005) Age determination and some growth parameters of a Rana ridibunda population in Turkey. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 51: 67-74.

This site uses cookies. Find out more on how we use cookies