A Unified Approach to Analysis of Body Condition in Green Toads
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Species
2.2. Data Acquisition
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Population | Latitude | Longitude | Elevation | Sample Size (n) | Population-Specific Coefficient | Length in mm (Mean) | Length in mm (Range) | Mass in g (Mean) | Mass in g (Range) | SMI Pop. Specific (Mean) | SMI Pop. Specific (SD) | SMI.gt (Mean) | SMI.gt (SD) |
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Fehmarn Island (DE) | 54.4518 | 11.0426 | 1 | 19 | 2.349 | 73.8 | 62–95 | 37.5 | 27.2–70.6 | 22.8 | 1.9 | 20.0 | 2.3 |
Warsaw (PL) | 52.2676 | 21.0008 | 92 | 78 | 3.128 | 65.7 | 51–81 | 29.0 | 13.7–61.4 | 21.4 | 2.8 | 21.6 | 2.8 |
Esser Kieswerke (DE) | 51.0113 | 6.8690 | 39 | 12 | 3.233 | 62.0 | 54.8–66.2 | 21.8 | 15.7–27.1 | 19.5 | 1.5 | 19.6 | 1.4 |
Ginsterpfad (DE) | 50.9858 | 6.9315 | 42 | 20 | 2.763 | 65.3 | 58.3–73.6 | 25.3 | 19.6–34.2 | 19.8 | 2.0 | 19.5 | 2.0 |
Westhoven (DE) | 50.9030 | 7.0106 | 45 | 24 | 2.747 | 66.2 | 44.4–82.7 | 28.9 | 11.93–66.4 | 21.0 | 3.5 | 20.4 | 4.1 |
Porz-Wahn (DE) | 50.8631 | 7.0896 | 54 | 23 | 4.198 | 65.6 | 56.1–76.6 | 25.4 | 15.9–38.63 | 17.3 | 3.2 | 19.2 | 3.3 |
Basell (DE) | 50.8591 | 6.9485 | 46 | 33 | 3.559 | 63.2 | 34.6–72.2 | 21.9 | 3.95–31.9 | 17.7 | 2.6 | 18.2 | 2.0 |
Urmitz (DE) | 50.4081 | 7.5251 | 66 | 209 | 2.973 | 58.5 | 41–76 | 20.2 | 6.6–64.2 | 20.7 | 3.1 | 20.7 | 3.1 |
Donaufeld (AT) | 48.2499 | 16.4196 | 161 | 68 | 2.689 | 69.8 | 40–86 | 41.2 | 8.5–73.2 | 27.1 | 3.7 | 25.9 | 3.7 |
Bednar Park (AT) | 48.2258 | 16.3972 | 161 | 178 | 2.853 | 58.0 | 23–78 | 23.6 | 1.4–63.4 | 24.4 | 3.9 | 24.4 | 4.0 |
Simmering (AT) | 48.1690 | 16.4454 | 156 | 840 | 2.816 | 61.1 | 30–84 | 22.4 | 3.5–54.56 | 20.8 | 3.5 | 20.7 | 3.7 |
Jesenwang (DE) | 48.1680 | 11.1551 | 556 | 131 | 3.522 | 61.8 | 48–83 | 27.5 | 14–69 | 24.1 | 3.2 | 24.4 | 3.1 |
Riem (DE) | 48.1336 | 11.7000 | 527 | 110 | 3.169 | 27.4 | 11.25–81 | 6.8 | 0.11–65.4 | 26.8 | 3.0 | 22.8 | 3.4 |
Seewinkel (AT) | 47.7680 | 16.7866 | 116 | 100 | 2.956 | 65.6 | 55–81 | 30.3 | 17.5–49.5 | 22.8 | 3.2 | 22.7 | 3.3 |
Hochriesgebiet (DE) | 47.7465 | 12.2608 | 1186 | 21 | 2.852 | 76.6 | 67–91 | 47.6 | 30.5–87.2 | 23.3 | 3.3 | 22.5 | 3.2 |
Plovdiv (BG) | 42.1573 | 24.7433 | 164 | 61 | 3.230 | 67.3 | 49–79.15 | 29.6 | 9–53 | 21.0 | 5.1 | 21.6 | 5.1 |
Galabovo (BG) | 42.1378 | 25.8670 | 96 | 269 | 2.042 | 71.6 | 61.33–81.12 | 41.1 | 30.58–53.22 | 28.6 | 2.4 | 24.3 | 3.0 |
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Landler, L.; Burgstaller, S.; Spießberger, M.; Horvath, A.; Zhelev, Z.; Mollov, I.; Sinsch, U.; Nepita, J.; Schwabel, F.; Kuhn, W.; et al. A Unified Approach to Analysis of Body Condition in Green Toads. Diversity 2023, 15, 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010043
Landler L, Burgstaller S, Spießberger M, Horvath A, Zhelev Z, Mollov I, Sinsch U, Nepita J, Schwabel F, Kuhn W, et al. A Unified Approach to Analysis of Body Condition in Green Toads. Diversity. 2023; 15(1):43. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010043
Chicago/Turabian StyleLandler, Lukas, Stephan Burgstaller, Magdalena Spießberger, Andras Horvath, Zhivko Zhelev, Ivelin Mollov, Ulrich Sinsch, Johannes Nepita, Florian Schwabel, Wolfgang Kuhn, and et al. 2023. "A Unified Approach to Analysis of Body Condition in Green Toads" Diversity 15, no. 1: 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010043
APA StyleLandler, L., Burgstaller, S., Spießberger, M., Horvath, A., Zhelev, Z., Mollov, I., Sinsch, U., Nepita, J., Schwabel, F., Kuhn, W., Köbele, C., Sedlmeier, H., Amon, C., Mazgajska, J., Mazgajski, T. D., Sistani, A., Schluckebier, R., Andrä, E., Ott, M., & Gollmann, G. (2023). A Unified Approach to Analysis of Body Condition in Green Toads. Diversity, 15(1), 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010043