Plastral shape isometry in Western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni)

Elliptical Fourier Analysis is a good technique for characterizing the shape of complex biological and non-biological morphologies. The current investigation aimed to study plastral pigmentation contour (black areas of the ventral shell) changes, according to body size (plastral length), in Western...

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Autores: Parés Casanova, Pere-Miquel, Miralles Bover, Héctor
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
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Palabra clave:Reptiles
Isometry
Allometry
Testudinidae
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spelling Plastral shape isometry in Western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni)Parés Casanova, Pere-MiquelMiralles Bover, HéctorReptilesIsometryAllometryTestudinidaeElliptical Fourier Analysis is a good technique for characterizing the shape of complex biological and non-biological morphologies. The current investigation aimed to study plastral pigmentation contour (black areas of the ventral shell) changes, according to body size (plastral length), in Western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni), using Elliptical Fourier Analysis. For this goal, 52 domestic pure tortoises from authorized private breeders were selected, ventral pictures were individually taken and their contour automatically digitized and straight-line plastron length obtained. Straight-line plastron length ranged from 83.6 to 150.6 mm (for males) and from 78.9 to 171.8 mm (for females). A regression was performed for second and third harmonics as dependent variables, against plastral length (log transformed) as independent variable. Based on this sample, it is demonstrated that plastral pigmentation design does not change along animals' life-history. Therefore, a plastral pigmentation shape isometry can be supposed, at least for this subspecies.ASD2016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/63073reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésAdvanced Science Journal of Zoology, 2016, vol. 1, núm. 1, p. 17-19cc-by, (c) Parés et al., 2016info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/630732026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Plastral shape isometry in Western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni)
title Plastral shape isometry in Western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni)
spellingShingle Plastral shape isometry in Western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni)
Parés Casanova, Pere-Miquel
Reptiles
Isometry
Allometry
Testudinidae
title_short Plastral shape isometry in Western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni)
title_full Plastral shape isometry in Western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni)
title_fullStr Plastral shape isometry in Western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni)
title_full_unstemmed Plastral shape isometry in Western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni)
title_sort Plastral shape isometry in Western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Parés Casanova, Pere-Miquel
Miralles Bover, Héctor
author Parés Casanova, Pere-Miquel
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Miralles Bover, Héctor
author_role author
author2 Miralles Bover, Héctor
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Reptiles
Isometry
Allometry
Testudinidae
topic Reptiles
Isometry
Allometry
Testudinidae
description Elliptical Fourier Analysis is a good technique for characterizing the shape of complex biological and non-biological morphologies. The current investigation aimed to study plastral pigmentation contour (black areas of the ventral shell) changes, according to body size (plastral length), in Western Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni), using Elliptical Fourier Analysis. For this goal, 52 domestic pure tortoises from authorized private breeders were selected, ventral pictures were individually taken and their contour automatically digitized and straight-line plastron length obtained. Straight-line plastron length ranged from 83.6 to 150.6 mm (for males) and from 78.9 to 171.8 mm (for females). A regression was performed for second and third harmonics as dependent variables, against plastral length (log transformed) as independent variable. Based on this sample, it is demonstrated that plastral pigmentation design does not change along animals' life-history. Therefore, a plastral pigmentation shape isometry can be supposed, at least for this subspecies.
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