Age determination and long bone histology in Stellagama stellio (Linnaeus, 1758) (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) populations in Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorKumas, Meltem
dc.contributor.authorAyaz, Dincer
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-27T22:15:07Z
dc.date.available2019-10-27T22:15:07Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIn this study, the age structures of the four populations of Roughtail Rock Agama, Stellagama stellio distributed in Turkey were determined and their long bone development was examined from a histological perspective. The ages of some 218individuals (32 juveniles, 86 male male, 100 female female) captured from the Mediterranean, Transitional Mediterranean, Aegean, and Central Anatolia Regions were computed with the method of skeletochronology, and the correlation between age and the SVL (the snout-vent length) was compared. The mean SVL was greater in males than in females, and this difference was found statistically significant in all populations except for the Central Anatolian population. The mean ages for male and female individuals were calculated as 3.44 +/- 1.26 and 3.18 +/- 1.18 years in the Mediterranean population, as 4.65 +/- 1.25 and 3.69 +/- 1.31 years in the Transitional Mediterranean population, as 4.05 +/- 1.32 and 3.36 +/- 1.46 years in the Aegean population, and as 4.20 +/- 1.87 and 3.60 +/- 2.01 years in the Central Anatolian population, respectively. The oldest individuals were encountered in the Central Anatolian populations, and the maximum age detected for both sexes was 7 years. It was determined that the age at maturity was 3 in all the populations under examination and that there was not any difference in age at maturity either among the populations or between sexes. There was a significant positive correlation between age and the SVL. The impacts of environmental factors on age structures were examined, and altitude, latitude and climate were found effective on longevity. Histologically, the primary bone, which developed in the embryonic period, was preserved throughout the life of a species even in the oldest individual. Neither secondary bone development nor formation of lamellar systems was encountered. It was seen that intramembranous and endochondral ossification mechanisms played a joint role in long bone development.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipResearch Fund Accountancy of Ege University, TurkeyEge University [2011FEN008]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study emerged from a Ph.D. thesis by the first author, supervised by Prof. Dr. D. AYAZ. We thank to Assoc. Dr. K. CICEK for their help in the field. This study financially supported by the Research Fund Accountancy of Ege University, Turkey (2011FEN008).en_US
dc.identifier.endpage126en_US
dc.identifier.issn1864-5755
dc.identifier.issn1864-5755en_US
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage113en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/50123
dc.identifier.volume64en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000338416600010en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherStaatliches Museum Tierkunde Dresdenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofVertebrate Zoologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectStellagama stellioen_US
dc.subjectskeletochronologyen_US
dc.subjectage determinationen_US
dc.subjectgrowthen_US
dc.subjectlongevityen_US
dc.subjecthistologyen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleAge determination and long bone histology in Stellagama stellio (Linnaeus, 1758) (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) populations in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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