Demographic Traits Variation in a Pyrenean Newt (Calotriton asper) among Lacustrine and Stream Populations
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Habitat | Locality | Latitude | Longitude | Altitude | n |
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Stream | Peramola | 42°4′17.17″ N | 1°16′30.98″ E | 592 | 28 |
San Juan de la Peña | 42°30′26.94″ N | 0°40′0.16″ W | 1215 | 38 | |
Sarvisé | 42°34′51.90″ N | 0°4′17.70″ W | 1222 | 38 | |
Oto | 42°35′47.47″ N | 0°7′42.56″ W | 916 | 44 | |
Benasc | 42°38′2.23″ N | 0°34′25.21″ E | 1600 | 37 | |
Barranc de Acherito | 42°52′27.81″ N | 0°43′18.64″ W | 1525 | 47 | |
Lake | Espeluciecha | 42°47′18.06″ N | 0°25′47.93″ W | 1955 | 52 |
Acherito | 42°52′45.52″ N | 0°42′27.48″ W | 1872 | 44 | |
Perramó | 42°38′19.29″ N | 0°30′1.14″ E | 2254 | 71 |
Age (Years) | SVL (mm) | ||||||||
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Habitat | Locality | Sex | n | Minimum | Maximum | Median | Minimum | Maximum | Mean ± ES |
Stream | Peramola | Females | 16 | 6 | 18 | 10.0 | 52.3 | 68.8 | 59.0 ± 1.1 |
Males | 12 | 7 | 27 | 12.0 | 53.2 | 65.9 | 58.5 ± 1.3 | ||
San Juan de la Peña | Females | 19 | 8 | 31 | 15.0 | 54.8 | 70.3 | 61.4 ± 0.9 | |
Males | 19 | 8 | 22 | 15.0 | 59.7 | 70.8 | 65.9 ± 0.6 | ||
Sarvisé | Females | 17 | 8 | 22 | 17.0 | 51.9 | 58.6 | 57.2 ± 0.6 | |
Males | 21 | 9 | 31 | 16.0 | 57.9 | 67.2 | 62.7 ± 0.5 | ||
Oto | Females | 23 | 7 | 19 | 12.0 | 50.1 | 59.1 | 54.5 ± 0.6 | |
Males | 21 | 7 | 28 | 17.0 | 51.1 | 62.6 | 55.3 ± 0.6 | ||
Benasc | Females | 19 | 7 | 26 | 14.0 | 56.4 | 71.3 | 63.7 ± 0.9 | |
Males | 18 | 9 | 23 | 14.5 | 55.7 | 68.5 | 64.8 ± 0.8 | ||
Barranc de Acherito | Females | 20 | 4 | 8 | 5.0 | 63.8 | 77.6 | 73.6 ± 0.8 | |
Males | 27 | 4 | 7 | 5.0 | 53.9 | 74.5 | 68.9 ± 0.9 | ||
Lake | Espeluchieca | Females | 26 | 8 | 34 | 14.5 | 53.1 | 82.7 | 64.4 ± 1.4 |
Males | 26 | 6 | 35 | 15.5 | 58.7 | 76.2 | 64.7 ± 1.0 | ||
Acherito | Females | 12 | 4 | 9 | 6.5 | 56.0 | 68.0 | 61.0 ± 1.1 | |
Males | 32 | 4 | 12 | 7.0 | 56.0 | 67.0 | 63.0 ± 0.5 | ||
Perramó | Females | 34 | 4 | 14 | 7.0 | 58.0 | 72.2 | 64.1 ± 0.6 | |
Males | 37 | 6 | 19 | 10.0 | 59.2 | 73.0 | 66.2 ± 0.5 |
Age Structure by Sex and Population | |||
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Factor | Degrees of freedom | F | Probability > F |
Sex | 1 | 8.6671 | 0.0034 * |
Locality | 8 | 74.9023 | <0.0001 * |
Locality × sex | 8 | 2.4706 | 0.0128 * |
SVL by sex and population | |||
Factor | Degrees of freedom | F | Probability > F |
Locality | 8 | 62.6399 | <0.0001 * |
Sex | 1 | 10.2254 | 0.0015 * |
Locality × sex | 8 | 6.3897 | <0.0001* |
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Camarasa, S.; Oromi, N.; Sanuy, D.; Amat, F. Demographic Traits Variation in a Pyrenean Newt (Calotriton asper) among Lacustrine and Stream Populations. Diversity 2020, 12, 471. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12120471
Camarasa S, Oromi N, Sanuy D, Amat F. Demographic Traits Variation in a Pyrenean Newt (Calotriton asper) among Lacustrine and Stream Populations. Diversity. 2020; 12(12):471. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12120471
Chicago/Turabian StyleCamarasa, Sebastià, Neus Oromi, Delfí Sanuy, and Fèlix Amat. 2020. "Demographic Traits Variation in a Pyrenean Newt (Calotriton asper) among Lacustrine and Stream Populations" Diversity 12, no. 12: 471. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12120471
APA StyleCamarasa, S., Oromi, N., Sanuy, D., & Amat, F. (2020). Demographic Traits Variation in a Pyrenean Newt (Calotriton asper) among Lacustrine and Stream Populations. Diversity, 12(12), 471. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12120471