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Hernández-Salinas U, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Torres-Hernández LA. Feeding Niche and Predator–Prey Size Relationship in the Whiptail Lizard Aspidoscelis lineattissima (Squamata: Teiidae) in Insular and Continental Populations of the Mexican Pacific. ICHTHYOLOGY & HERPETOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1643/h2021062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Uriel Hernández-Salinas
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR) Unidad Durango, Calle Sigma 119 Fraccionamiento 20 de Noviembre II Durango, Durango 34220, México;
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Poblaciones, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Km 4.5 carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo, 42184, Mineral de La Reforma, Hidalgo, México
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- Laboratorio de Ecología y Diversidad Faunística, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Avenida de las Ciencias S/N, Santa Fe Juriquilla, C. P. 76230, Querétaro, Querétaro, México;
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Poblaciones, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Km 4.5 carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo, 42184, Mineral de La Reforma, Hidalgo, México
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Benítez-López A, Santini L, Gallego-Zamorano J, Milá B, Walkden P, Huijbregts MAJ, Tobias JA. The island rule explains consistent patterns of body size evolution in terrestrial vertebrates. Nat Ecol Evol 2021; 5:768-786. [PMID: 33859376 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01426-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Island faunas can be characterized by gigantism in small animals and dwarfism in large animals, but the extent to which this so-called 'island rule' provides a general explanation for evolutionary trajectories on islands remains contentious. Here we use a phylogenetic meta-analysis to assess patterns and drivers of body size evolution across a global sample of paired island-mainland populations of terrestrial vertebrates. We show that 'island rule' effects are widespread in mammals, birds and reptiles, but less evident in amphibians, which mostly tend towards gigantism. We also found that the magnitude of insular dwarfism and gigantism is mediated by climate as well as island size and isolation, with more pronounced effects in smaller, more remote islands for mammals and reptiles. We conclude that the island rule is pervasive across vertebrates, but that the implications for body size evolution are nuanced and depend on an array of context-dependent ecological pressures and environmental conditions.
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- Ana Benítez-López
- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. .,Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain.
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- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (CNR-IRET), National Research Council, Monterotondo (Rome), Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK
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- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK
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Hernández-Amparan S, Sainz-Mellado I, Hernández-Salinas U, López-González C. TESTING BERGMANN'S RULE IN THE WIDESPREAD MEXICAN LIZARD ANOLIS NEBULOSUS (SQUAMATA: DACTYLOIDAE). SOUTHWEST NAT 2021. [DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909-65.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Saúl Hernández-Amparan
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Durango, Calle Sigma 119 Fraccionamiento 20 de Noviembre II Durango, Durango, México 34220
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Durango, Calle Sigma 119 Fraccionamiento 20 de Noviembre II Durango, Durango, México 34220
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Durango, Calle Sigma 119 Fraccionamiento 20 de Noviembre II Durango, Durango, México 34220
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Durango, Calle Sigma 119 Fraccionamiento 20 de Noviembre II Durango, Durango, México 34220
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Anaya-Meraz ZA, Escobedo-Galván AH. Insular effect on sexual size dimorphism in the clouded anole Anolis nebulosus: when Rensch meets Van Valen. Curr Zool 2020; 66:589-591. [PMID: 33293936 PMCID: PMC7705512 DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoaa034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Zarem A Anaya-Meraz
- Centro Universitario de la Costa, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av. Universidad 203, 48280 Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México
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- Centro Universitario de la Costa, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av. Universidad 203, 48280 Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México
- Address correspondence to Armando H. Escobedo-Galván. E-mail:
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Raya-García E, Suazo-Ortuño I, Campos-García J, Martín J, Alvarado-Díaz J, Mendoza-Ramírez E. Chemical signal divergence among populations influences behavioral discrimination in the whiptail lizard Aspidoscelis lineattissimus (squamata: teiidae). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-020-02931-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Esquivel‐Ramírez A, Hornung‐Leoni CT, Manríquez‐Morán NL. Morphological variation and sexual dimorphism in the
Aspidoscelis gularis
complex (Squamata: Teiidae) from Mexico. ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/azo.12322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Anahí Esquivel‐Ramírez
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Mineral de la Reforma Hidalgo México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Mineral de la Reforma Hidalgo México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Mineral de la Reforma Hidalgo México
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Hernández‐Salinas U, Ramírez‐Bautista A, Cruz‐Elizalde R, Meiri S, Berriozabal‐Islas C. Ecology of the growth of Anolis nebulosus (Squamata: Dactyloidae) in a seasonal tropical environment in the Chamela region, Jalisco, Mexico. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:2061-2071. [PMID: 30847092 PMCID: PMC6392371 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Revised: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Juvenile growth rates are thought to be restricted by available food resources. In animals that grow throughout the year, such as tropical lizards, growth is therefore predicted to be faster during the rainy season. We test this prediction using a population of Anolis nebulosusby describing the growth trajectories of both sexes using nonlinear regression models, and we then correlate the growth rates of individuals with food available in the environment, precipitation, and temperature. The Von Bertalanffy model fits the growth rates of the females better, while the logistic-by-length model fits the males better. According to both models, the males grew faster than females, reaching slightly smaller sizes at adulthood. Males reached sexual maturity when 35 mm long, at an age of seven months, and females matured at 37 mm (SVL), taking nine months to reach this size. In 1989, juvenile males and females grew more in both seasons (rainy and dry) than adults; for 1990, there were no differences by season or between age classes. These results are interesting since in the 1989 and 1990 rainy seasons, practically the same orders of prey and the greatest abundance of prey available in the environment were registered. A possible explanation could be that predation was more intense in 1990 than in 1989. There is little evidence that food, temperature, and humidity affect growth rates of A. nebulosus, refuting our predictions. This is mainly due to the low variation in growth observed in 1990. Therefore we think that the growth of this species reflects a complex combination of ecological and genetic factors.
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- Uriel Hernández‐Salinas
- Instituto Politécnico NacionalCentro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR) Unidad DurangoDurangoMéxico
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Poblaciones, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e IngenieríaUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMineral de La ReformaMéxico
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Poblaciones, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e IngenieríaUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMineral de La ReformaMéxico
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- School of ZoologyTel Aviv UniversityTel AvivIsrael
- Steinhardt Museum for Natural HistoryTel Aviv UniversityTel AvivIsrael
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Poblaciones, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e IngenieríaUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMineral de La ReformaMéxico
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Anderson CG, Poe S. Phylogeny, biogeography and island effect drive differential evolutionary signals in mainland and island lizard assemblages. Zool J Linn Soc 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Christopher G Anderson
- Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Ramírez-Bautista A, Lozano A, Hernández-Salinas U, Cruz-Elizalde R. Female Reproductive Characteristics Among Populations of the Oviparous LizardSceloporus aeneus(Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from Central Mexico. HERPETOLOGICA 2016. [DOI: 10.1655/herpetologica-d-15-00020.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Siliceo-Cantero HH, García A, Reynolds RG, Pacheco G, Lister BC. Dimorphism and divergence in island and mainland Anoles. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Hugo H. Siliceo-Cantero
- Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas; Instituto de Biología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Mexico City Mexico
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- Estación de Biología Chamela; Instituto de Biología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Mexico City Mexico
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology & Museum of Comparative Zoology; Harvard University; Cambridge MA 02138 USA
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- Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas; Instituto de Ecología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Mexico City Mexico
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY 12180 USA
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Cruz-Elizalde R, Ramírez-Bautista A. Reproductive cycles and reproductive strategies among populations of the Rose-bellied Lizard Sceloporus variabilis (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from central Mexico. Ecol Evol 2016; 6:1753-68. [PMID: 26929815 PMCID: PMC4758805 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Species with wide distribution, generally show variations in life history characteristics, which can be attributed to environmental causes. In this study, we analyzed the reproductive cycle and reproductive characteristics from three populations (Atlapexco, San Pablo Tetlapayac, and Santa Catarina) of the lizard Sceloporus variabilis from central Mexico. The specific goal of this study was to evaluate life history characteristics such as reproductive period extent, SVL (snout‐vent length) at sexual maturity, clutch size, egg mass and volume, and RCM (relative clutch mass). The San Pablo Tetlapayac population showed a larger clutch size, RCM, egg mass, and a smaller SVL, body mass and reproductive period (January‐September), as well as egg volume than the Atlapexco and Santa Catarina populations. Reproductive cycle and reproductive characteristics were more similar between the Atlapexco and Santa Catarina populations. Differences found in the population of San Pablo Tetlapayac with respect to the Atlapexco and Santa Catarina populations could be attributed to environmental variations where lizard populations occur. Differences in the reproductive period and reproductive characteristics in each population could be the result of both historical (phylogenetic; e.g., reproductive mode) and nonhistorical (environmental; e.g., temperature, food availability) causes. This study showed that populations of the same species are under different selection pressures, and these affect the reproductive characteristics of populations. Our results also indicate that long‐term and targeted studies on predation, use and selection of food, are needed to determine the causes of these variations in populations of S. variabilis.
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- Raciel Cruz-Elizalde
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo Km 4.5, Colonia Carboneras C. P. 42184 Mineral de La Reforma Hidalgo México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo Km 4.5, Colonia Carboneras C. P. 42184 Mineral de La Reforma Hidalgo México
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