caa a22 4500 469096179 CHVBK 20180323133031.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19921201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00317842 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00317842 Estimating asymptotic size using the largest individuals per sample [Elektronische Daten] [J. Stamps, R. Andrews] Summary: Estimates of asymptotic size are especially useful for comparative studies of taxonomic groups in which animals mature at small sizes relative to their final asymptotic sizes. The largest individuals per sample can provide reasonable estimates of asymptotic size if three conditions are met: 1) at least some adults in a population are near their final asymptotic size, 2) samples of a reasonable size are likely to contain a ‘largest individual' that is near the average asymptotic size for the members of its sex, and 3) the coefficient of variation in asymptotic size is small for the members of each sex. In the current study, we show that all three of these conditions are met for one species of Anolis lizards (A. limifrons). For a series of samples from the genus Anolis, the largest individual per sample produces estimates of asymptotic size that are virtually identical to those produced by fitting field data on growth rates to nonlinear growth equations. These results suggest that the largest individual method can provide reasonable estimates of asymptotic size for the members of this genus, and imply that this method may also be useful for estimating asymptotic sizes in other taxa that satisfy the criteria listed above. Springer-Verlag, 1992 Asymptotic size nationallicence Largest individual nationallicence Growth nationallicence Anolis nationallicence Lizard nationallicence Stamps J. Department of Zoology, University of California Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut Andrews R. Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 24061, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut Oecologia Springer-Verlag 92/4(1992-12-01), 503-512 0029-8549 92:4<503 1992 92 442 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317842 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317842 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stamps J. Department of Zoology, University of California Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Andrews R. Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 24061, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Oecologia Springer-Verlag 92/4(1992-12-01), 503-512 0029-8549 92:4<503 1992 92 442 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer