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ArticlePloS one2019

Comparing growth patterns of three species: Similarities and differences.

Norbert Brunner, Manfred Kühleitner, Werner Georg Nowak, Katharina Renner-Martin, Klaus Scheicher

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Norbert BrunnerUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-6487-5752
Manfred KühleitnerUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-0217-7550
Werner Georg NowakUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Vienna, Austria.
Katharina Renner-MartinUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-5733-2546
Klaus ScheicherUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Vienna, Austria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantitative studies of the growth of dinosaurs have made comparisons with modern animals possible. Therefore, it is meaningful to ask, if extinct dinosaurs grew faster than modern animals, e.g. birds (modern dinosaurs) and reptiles. However, past studies relied on only a few growth models. If these models were false, what about the conclusions? This paper fits growth data to a more comprehensive class of models, defined by the von Bertalanffy-Pütter (BP) differential equation. Applied to data about Tenontosaurus tilletti, Alligator mississippiensis and the Athens Canadian Random Bred strain of Gallus gallus domesticus the best fitting growth curves did barely differ, if they were rescaled for size and lifespan. A difference could be discerned, if time was rescaled for the age at the inception point (maximal growth) or if the percentual growth was compared.

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BiodiversityBiological EvolutionAlligators and CrocodilesAnimalsCanadaChickensDinosaurs

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PMID31644562
PMCPMC6808503

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