Journal article
Life in the slow lane? A dynamic energy budget model for the western swamp turtle, Pseudemydura umbrina
SG Arnall, NJ Mitchell, G Kuchling, B Durell, SALM Kooijman, MR Kearney
Journal of Sea Research | ELSEVIER | Published : 2019
Abstract
Dynamic energy budget (DEB) theory provides a generalised way to quantify how an organism assimilates and utilizes energy throughout its life cycle. Over 800 DEB models have been created to date, typically under the assumption of constant food supply. The Critically Endangered, semi-aquatic western swamp turtle occupies an ephemeral wetland environment in which food resources fluctuate from abundant to absent with the seasonal filling and drying of swamps. Approximately six months of each year are spent in aestivation underground when the swamps are dry and conditions are warm. We estimated DEB parameters for the western swamp turtle with the explicit incorporation of these seasonal fluctuat..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Thank you to Laure Pecquerie (Institute of Research for Development, and Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin), Michael Thompson (University of Sydney), Peter Mawson (Perth Zoo), Nina Marn (Ruder Bogkovic Institute), and an anonymous reviewer for comments that greatly improved the manuscript. This work was supported by an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (LP0990428), the Australian Government's National Environmental Science Program (through the Threatened Species Recovery Hub), the Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia (2010 University Student Grant), and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (Terrestrial Biodiversity Network 2010 and 2011 Collaboration Grants). Author declarations of interest: none.