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| Title |
Life-History and Spatial Determinants of Somatic Growth Dynamics in Komodo Dragon Populations
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0045398 |
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| Authors |
Rebecca J. Laver, Deni Purwandana, Achmad Ariefiandy, Jeri Imansyah, David Forsyth, Claudio Ciofi, Tim S. Jessop |
| Abstract |
Somatic growth patterns represent a major component of organismal fitness and may vary among sexes and populations due to genetic and environmental processes leading to profound differences in life-history and demography. This study considered the ontogenic, sex-specific and spatial dynamics of somatic growth patterns in ten populations of the world's largest lizard the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). The growth of 400 individual Komodo dragons was measured in a capture-mark-recapture study at ten sites on four islands in eastern Indonesia, from 2002 to 2010. Generalized Additive Mixed Models (GAMMs) and information-theoretic methods were used to examine how growth rates varied with size, age and sex, and across and within islands in relation to site-specific prey availability, lizard population density and inbreeding coefficients. Growth trajectories differed significantly with size and between sexes, indicating different energy allocation tactics and overall costs associated with reproduction. This leads to disparities in maximum body sizes and longevity. Spatial variation in growth was strongly supported by a curvilinear density-dependent growth model with highest growth rates occurring at intermediate population densities. Sex-specific trade-offs in growth underpin key differences in Komodo dragon life-history including evidence for high costs of reproduction in females. Further, inverse density-dependent growth may have profound effects on individual and population level processes that influence the demography of this species. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 10% |
| Canada | 1 | 10% |
| Argentina | 1 | 10% |
| Peru | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 6 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 70% |
| Scientists | 2 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 92 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Romania | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 86 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 26% |
| Researcher | 15 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 15% |
| Other | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 10 | 11% |
| Unknown | 15 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 52 | 57% |
| Environmental Science | 11 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 2% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 20 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 29. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 June 2022.
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#1,353,317
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#16,934
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#8,026
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#254
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