Variation in body size, age and growth in the Omei treefrog (Rhacophorus omeimontis) along an altitudinal gradient in western China

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 248-261

  Liao, W B ^a   Lu, X ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

age; altitudinal gradient; body size; growth rate; Rhacophorus omeimontis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; ALTITUDE; BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY;

BAOXING; CHINA; SICHUAN;

ANIMALIA; RHACOPHORUS;

EID: 79960369680     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2011.567298     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. ADAMS D.C. & CHURCH J.O. 2008. Amphibians do not follow Bergmann?s rule. Evolution 62: 413-420. (Pubitemid 351297681)
2. ASHTON K.G. 2002a. Patterns of within-species body size variation of birds: strong evidence for Bergmann?s rule. Global Ecology and Biogeography 11: 505-523.
3. ASHTON K.G. 2002b. Do amphibians follow Bergmann?s rule? Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 708-716.
4. ASHTON K.G. & FELDMAN C.R. 2003. Bergmann?s rule in nonavian reptiles: turtles follow it, lizards and snakes reverse it. Evolution 57: 1151-1163. (Pubitemid 36726569)
5. ATKINSON D. & SIBLY R.M. 1997. Why are organisms usually bigger in colder environments? Making sense of a life history puzzle. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 12: 235-239.
6. BELK M.C. & HOUSTON D.D. 2002. Bergmann?s rule in ectotherms: a test using freshwater fishes. The American Naturalist 160: 803-808. (Pubitemid 36035857)
7. BERGMANN C. 1847. Über die Verhältnisse der Warmeökonomie der Thiere zuihrer Grosse. Gottinger Studien 1: 595-708.
8. BERVEN K.A. 1982. The genetic basis of altitudinal variation in the wood frog, Rana sylvatica. I. an experimental analysis of life-history traits. Evolution 36: 962-983. (Pubitemid 13287664)
9. BLACKBURN T.M. & HAWKINS B.A. 2004. Bergmann?s rule and the mammal fauna of North America. Ecography 27: 715-724. (Pubitemid 40033049)
10. BLANCKENHORN W.U. & DEMONT M. 2004. Bergmann and converse Bergmann latitudinal clines in arthropods: two ends of a continuum? Integrative and Comparative Biology 44: 413-424. (Pubitemid 40240901)
11. DZIMINSKI M.A. & ROBERTS J.D. 2006. Fitness consequences of variable maternal provisioning in quacking frogs (Crinia georgiana). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 144-155.
12. GOATER C.P. & VANDENBOS R.E. 1997. Effects of larval history and lungworm infection on the growth and survival of juvenile wood frogs (Rana sylvatica). Herpetologica 53: 331-338. (Pubitemid 28102052)
13. HALLIDAY T.R. & VERRELL P.A. 1988. Body size and age in amphibians and reptiles. Journal of Herpetology 22: 253-265. (Pubitemid 19326209)
14. HEMELAAR A.S.M. 1985. An improved method to estimate the number of year rings resorbed in phalanges of Bufo bufo and its application to populations from different latitudes and altitudes. Amphibia-Reptilia 6: 343-353.
15. HEMELAAR A.S.M. 1988. Age, growth and other population characteristics of Bufo bufo from different latitudes and altitudes. Journal of Herpetology 22: 369-388.
16. HEMELAAR A.S.M. & VAN GELDER J.J. 1980. Annual growth rings in phalanges of Bufo bufo (Anura, Amphibia) from the Netherlands and their use for age determination. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 30: 129-135.
17. KAPLAN R.H. & KING E.G. 1997. Egg size is a developmentally plastic trait: evidence from longterm studies in the frog Bombina orientalis. Herpetologica 53: 149-165.
18. KHONSUE W., MATSUI M. & MISAWA Y. 2000. Age determination by skeletochronology of Rana nigrovittata, a frog from tropical forest of Thailand. Zoological Science 17: 253-257.
19. KOŽOWSKI J., CZARNÓESKI M. & DAŃ KO M. 2004. Can optimal resource allocation models explain why ectotherms grow larger in cold? Integrative and Comparative Biology 44: 480-493. (Pubitemid 40240908)
20. KRIZMANIC I., VUKOV T.D. & KALEZIC M.L. 2005. Bergmann?s rule is size-related in European newts (Triturus). Herpetological Journal 15: 205-206. (Pubitemid 41426462)
21. KUTRUP B., BULBUL U. & YILMAZ N. 2005. Age structure in two populations of Triturus vittatus ophryticus at different altitudes. Amphibia-Reptilia 26: 49-54. (Pubitemid 41085866)
22. LAI Y.-C., LEE T.-H. & KAM Y.-C. 2005. A skeletochronological study on a subtropical, riparian ranid (Rana swinhoana) from different elevations in Taiwan. Zoological Science 22: 653-658. (Pubitemid 41019747)
23. LAUGEN A.T., LAURILA A., RÄSÄNEN K. & MERILÄ J. 2003. Latitudinal countergradient variation in the common frog (Rana temporaria) developmental rates - evidence for local adaptation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 996-1005. (Pubitemid 37073869)
24. LI C., LIAO W.B., YANG Z.S. & ZHOU C.Q. 2010. A skeletochronological estimation of age structure in a population of the Guenther?s frog, Hylarana guentheri, from western China. Acta Herpetologica 5: 1-11.
25. LIAO W.B. 2009. Elevational variation in the life-history of anurans in a subtropics montane forest of Sichuan, southwestern China. Ph.D. Thesis, Wuhan University.
26. LIAO W.B. & LU X. 2010a. Age and growth of a subtropical high-elevation torrent frog, Amolops mantzorum, in western China. Journal of Herpetology 44: 172-176.
27. LIAO W.B. & LU X. 2010b. Age structure and body size of the Chuanxi tree frog Hyla annectans chuanxiensis from two different elevations in Sichuan (China). Zoologischer Anzeiger 248: 255-263.
28. LIAO W.B. & LU X. 2010c. Breeding behaviour of the Omei tree frog Rhacophorus omeimontis (Anura: Rachophoridae) in a subtropical montane region. Journal of Natural History 44: 2929-2940.
29. LIAO W.B., LU X., SHEN Y.W. & HU J.C. 2010a. Age structure and body size of two populations of the rice frog Rana limnocharis from different altitudes. Italian Journal of Zoology in press. doi:10.1080/11250001003639590.
30. LIAO W.B., ZHOU C.Q., YANG Z.S., HU J.C. & LU X. 2010b. Age, size and growth in two populations of the dark-spotted frog Rana nigromaculata at different altitudes in southwestern China. Herpetological Journal 20: 77-82.
31. LIU C.Z. & HU S.Q. 1961. The tailless amphibians of China. Beijing: Science Press.
32. LU X., LI B. & LIANG J.J. 2006. Comparative demography of a temperate anuran, Rana chensinensis, along a relatively fine elevational gradient. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84: 1789-1795. (Pubitemid 46587074)
33. MA X.Y., LU X. & MERILÄ J. 2009b. Altitudinal decline of body size in a Tibetan frog. Journal of Zoology 279: 364-371.
34. MA X.Y., TONG L.N. & LU X. 2009a. Variation of body size, age structure and growth of a temperate frog, Rana chensinensis, over an elevational gradient in northern China. Amphibia-Reptilia 30: 111-117.
35. MATTHEWS K.R. & MIAUD C. 2007. A skeletochronological study of the age structure, growth, and longevity of a mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa, in the Sierra Nevada, California. Copeia: 986-993.
36. MAYR E. 1956. Geographical character gradients and climatic adaptation. Evolution 10: 105-108.
37. MEASLEY G.J. & VAN DONGEN S. 2006. Bergmann?s rule and the terrestrial caecilian Schistometopum thomense (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae). Evolutionary Ecology Research 8: 1049-1059. (Pubitemid 44500541)
38. MEIRI S. & DAYAN T. 2003. On the validity of Bergmann?s rule. Journal of Biogeography 30: 331-351.
39. MIAUD C. & GUILLAUME O. 2005. Variation in age, body size and growth among surface and cave-dwelling populations of the Yrenean newt, Euproctus asper (Amphibia, Urodela). Herpetologica 61: 241-249. (Pubitemid 44843649)
40. MIAUD C., GUYÉTANT 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. (Pubitemid 29447102)
41. MONNET J.M. & CHERRY M.I. 2002. Sexual size dimorphism in anurans. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 269: 2301-2307. (Pubitemid 35397510)
42. MORRISON C. & HERO J.M. 2003. Geographic variation in life-history characteristics of Amphibians: a review. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 270-279. (Pubitemid 36412987)
43. MOUSSEAU T.A. 1997. Ectotherms follow the converse to Bergmann?s rule. Evolution 51: 630-632.
44. OLALLA-TÁRRAGA M.A. & RODRÍGUEZ M.A. 2007. Energy and interspecific body size patterns of amphibian faunas in Europe and North America: anurans follow Bergmann?s rule, urodeles its converse. Global Ecology and Biogeography 16: 606-617. (Pubitemid 47277260)
45. PLATZ J.E. & LATHROP A. 1992. Body size and age assessment among advertising male chorus frogs. Journal of Herpetology 27: 109-111.
46. PLATZ J.E., LATHROP A., HOFBAUER L. & VRADENBURG M. 1997. Age distribution and longevity in the ramsey canyon leopard frog, Rana subaquavocalis. Journal of Herpetology 31: 552-557. (Pubitemid 28016791)
47. RYSER J. 1988. Determination of growth and maturation in the common frog, Rana temporaria, by skeletochronology. Journal of Zoology 216: 673-685. (Pubitemid 19326218)
48. RYSER J. 1996. Comparative life histories of a low- and a high-elevation population of the common frog Rana temporaria. Amphibia-Reptilia 17: 183-195.
49. SHINE R. 1979. Sexual selection and sexual dimorphism in the Amphibia. Copeia: 297-305.
50. SMIRINA E.M. 1994. Age determination and longevity in amphibians. Gerontology 40: 133-146. (Pubitemid 24172287)
51. STEARNS S.C. 2000. Life history correlates of evolution under high and low adult mortality. Evolution 54: 1260-1272.
52. VON BERTALANFFY L. 1938. A quantitative theory of organic growth. Human Biology 10: 181-213.
53. WALTERS R.J. & HASSALL M. 2006. The temperature-size rule in ectotherms: may a general explanation exist after all? The American Naturalist 167: 510-523.