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Article: Is bigger better? The relationship between size and reproduction in female Asian elephants
Title | Is bigger better? The relationship between size and reproduction in female Asian elephants |
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Keywords | growth Elephas maximus life history long-lived trade-offs working elephants |
Issue Date | 2017 |
Citation | Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2017, v. 30, n. 10, p. 1836-1845 How to Cite? |
Abstract | © 2017 European Society For Evolutionary Biology. Journal of Evolutionary Biology © 2017 European Society For Evolutionary Biology The limited availability of resources is predicted to impose trade-offs between growth, reproduction and self-maintenance in animals. However, although some studies have shown that early reproduction suppresses growth, reproduction positively correlates with size in others. We use detailed records from a large population of semi-captive elephants in Myanmar to assess the relationships between size (height and weight), reproduction and survival in female Asian elephants, a species characterized by slow, costly life history. Although female height gain during the growth period overlapped little with reproductive onset in the population, there was large variation in age at first reproduction and only 81% of final weight had been reached by peak age of reproduction at the population level (19 years). Those females beginning reproduction early tended to be taller and lighter later in life, although these trends were not significant. We found that taller females were more likely to have reproduced by a given age, but such effects diminished with age, suggesting there may be a size threshold to reproduction which is especially important in young females. Because size was not linked with female survival during reproductive ages, the diminishing effect of height on reproduction with age is unlikely to be due to biased survival of larger females. We conclude that although reproduction may not always impose significant costs on growth, height may be a limiting factor to reproduction in young female Asian elephants, which could have important implications considering their birth rates are low and peak reproduction is young – 19 years in this population. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/269766 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.908 |
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dc.contributor.author | Crawley, J. A.H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mumby, H. S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chapman, S. N. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lahdenperä, M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mar, K. U. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Htut, W. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Thura Soe, A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Aung, H. H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lummaa, V. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-30T01:49:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-30T01:49:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2017, v. 30, n. 10, p. 1836-1845 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1010-061X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/269766 | - |
dc.description.abstract | © 2017 European Society For Evolutionary Biology. Journal of Evolutionary Biology © 2017 European Society For Evolutionary Biology The limited availability of resources is predicted to impose trade-offs between growth, reproduction and self-maintenance in animals. However, although some studies have shown that early reproduction suppresses growth, reproduction positively correlates with size in others. We use detailed records from a large population of semi-captive elephants in Myanmar to assess the relationships between size (height and weight), reproduction and survival in female Asian elephants, a species characterized by slow, costly life history. Although female height gain during the growth period overlapped little with reproductive onset in the population, there was large variation in age at first reproduction and only 81% of final weight had been reached by peak age of reproduction at the population level (19 years). Those females beginning reproduction early tended to be taller and lighter later in life, although these trends were not significant. We found that taller females were more likely to have reproduced by a given age, but such effects diminished with age, suggesting there may be a size threshold to reproduction which is especially important in young females. Because size was not linked with female survival during reproductive ages, the diminishing effect of height on reproduction with age is unlikely to be due to biased survival of larger females. We conclude that although reproduction may not always impose significant costs on growth, height may be a limiting factor to reproduction in young female Asian elephants, which could have important implications considering their birth rates are low and peak reproduction is young – 19 years in this population. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | - |
dc.subject | growth | - |
dc.subject | Elephas maximus | - |
dc.subject | life history | - |
dc.subject | long-lived | - |
dc.subject | trade-offs | - |
dc.subject | working elephants | - |
dc.title | Is bigger better? The relationship between size and reproduction in female Asian elephants | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jeb.13143 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 28703384 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85026774390 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 30 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 10 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1836 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1845 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1420-9101 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000412314300006 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1010-061X | - |