A Unified Approach to Analysis of Body Condition in Green Toads

A Unified Approach to Analysis of Body Condition in Green Toads

Body condition is increasingly used to assess the status of populations and as a proxy for individual fitness. A common, quick and non-invasive approach is to estimate condition from the relation between body length and mass. Among the methods developed for this purpose, the Scaled Mass Index (SMI)...

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Main Authors: Lukas Landler, Stephan Burgstaller, Magdalena Spießberger, Andras Horvath, Zhivko Zhelev, Ivelin Mollov, Ulrich Sinsch, Johannes Nepita, Florian Schwabel, Wolfgang Kuhn, Christian Köbele, Heinz Sedlmeier, Cornelia Amon, Joanna Mazgajska, Tomasz D. Mazgajski, Amir Sistani, Rieke Schluckebier, Eberhard Andrä, Moritz Ott, Günter Gollmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
amphibia
biometry
conservation
life history
population ecology
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/1/43

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