Age Determination in Some Ophisops elegans Mènètriès 1832 (Sauria: Lacertidae) Populations Living in the Vicinity of Çanakkale and Akşehir-Eber

In this study, age determination was performed with the method of skeletochronology in 23 (13 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀) Ophisops elegans specimens collected from Çanakkale in the west of Turkey and 20 (10 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀) Ophisops elegans specimens collected from the vicinity of AkĢehir-Eber in the Central Anatolia Regi...

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Main Authors: C. Varol Tok, Mert Gürkan, Batuhan Y. Yakin, Sibel Hayretdağ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Union of Scientists in Bulgaria 2013-12-01
Series:Ecologia Balkanica
Online Access:http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/mollov/EB/2013_vol5_iss2/%5b23-30%5d_eb.13114.pdf
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spelling doaj-3fb37935abe34b4fab5d01efaec6b2e82021-02-02T03:51:03ZengUnion of Scientists in BulgariaEcologia Balkanica1314-02131313-99402013-12-01522330Age Determination in Some Ophisops elegans Mènètriès 1832 (Sauria: Lacertidae) Populations Living in the Vicinity of Çanakkale and Akşehir-EberC. Varol Tok0Mert Gürkan1Batuhan Y. Yakin2 Sibel Hayretdağ3Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, 17100 Çanakkale, TURKEYÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, 17100 Çanakkale, TURKEYÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, 17100 Çanakkale, TURKEYÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, 17100 Çanakkale, TURKEYIn this study, age determination was performed with the method of skeletochronology in 23 (13 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀) Ophisops elegans specimens collected from Çanakkale in the west of Turkey and 20 (10 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀) Ophisops elegans specimens collected from the vicinity of AkĢehir-Eber in the Central Anatolia Region. The mean ages of the specimens whose femur cross sections had been examined were determined to be 2.9±0.99 (1-4) in females and 2.85±0.68 (2-4) in males of the Çanakkale population and 3.9±1.19 (3-6) in females and 4.6±1.17 (3-6) in males of the AkĢehir-Eber population. The oldest age among the specimens was found to be six in two female and three male individuals of the AkĢehir-Eber population. When all specimens were evaluated altogether, the correlation between snoutvent length and age was computed as (r=0.572, p=0.008) in females and as (r=0.642, p=0.001) in males. http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/mollov/EB/2013_vol5_iss2/%5b23-30%5d_eb.13114.pdf
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author C. Varol Tok
Mert Gürkan
Batuhan Y. Yakin
Sibel Hayretdağ
spellingShingle C. Varol Tok
Mert Gürkan
Batuhan Y. Yakin
Sibel Hayretdağ
Age Determination in Some Ophisops elegans Mènètriès 1832 (Sauria: Lacertidae) Populations Living in the Vicinity of Çanakkale and Akşehir-Eber
Ecologia Balkanica
author_facet C. Varol Tok
Mert Gürkan
Batuhan Y. Yakin
Sibel Hayretdağ
author_sort C. Varol Tok
title Age Determination in Some Ophisops elegans Mènètriès 1832 (Sauria: Lacertidae) Populations Living in the Vicinity of Çanakkale and Akşehir-Eber
title_short Age Determination in Some Ophisops elegans Mènètriès 1832 (Sauria: Lacertidae) Populations Living in the Vicinity of Çanakkale and Akşehir-Eber
title_full Age Determination in Some Ophisops elegans Mènètriès 1832 (Sauria: Lacertidae) Populations Living in the Vicinity of Çanakkale and Akşehir-Eber
title_fullStr Age Determination in Some Ophisops elegans Mènètriès 1832 (Sauria: Lacertidae) Populations Living in the Vicinity of Çanakkale and Akşehir-Eber
title_full_unstemmed Age Determination in Some Ophisops elegans Mènètriès 1832 (Sauria: Lacertidae) Populations Living in the Vicinity of Çanakkale and Akşehir-Eber
title_sort age determination in some ophisops elegans mènètriès 1832 (sauria: lacertidae) populations living in the vicinity of çanakkale and akşehir-eber
publisher Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
series Ecologia Balkanica
issn 1314-0213
1313-9940
publishDate 2013-12-01
description In this study, age determination was performed with the method of skeletochronology in 23 (13 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀) Ophisops elegans specimens collected from Çanakkale in the west of Turkey and 20 (10 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀) Ophisops elegans specimens collected from the vicinity of AkĢehir-Eber in the Central Anatolia Region. The mean ages of the specimens whose femur cross sections had been examined were determined to be 2.9±0.99 (1-4) in females and 2.85±0.68 (2-4) in males of the Çanakkale population and 3.9±1.19 (3-6) in females and 4.6±1.17 (3-6) in males of the AkĢehir-Eber population. The oldest age among the specimens was found to be six in two female and three male individuals of the AkĢehir-Eber population. When all specimens were evaluated altogether, the correlation between snoutvent length and age was computed as (r=0.572, p=0.008) in females and as (r=0.642, p=0.001) in males.
url http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/mollov/EB/2013_vol5_iss2/%5b23-30%5d_eb.13114.pdf
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