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000168541 100__ $$aSnoodijk, Felix
000168541 245__ $$aDelayed skeletal maturity in dwarf, medium and giant Pleistocene insular deer (Candiacervus) indicating a slower life history regardless size shift
000168541 260__ $$c2025
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000168541 5203_ $$aInsular conditions, such as reduced levels of resources, predation and competition, may affect life history traits of island mammal species, promoting a shift towards a slow life history. This pattern has been found in several species of insular dwarf deer but has not been tested for island deer that were subject to gigantism, which may evolveopposite life history shifts. The Pleistocene deer genus of Crete (Greece), Candiacervus, provides an ideal case to test this potential difference, because this endemic genus comprised dwarf as well as giant forms in an otherwise depauperate mammalian fauna. Here, we tested maturation patterns in this genus using a palaeohistological approach.
We found that small, medium and larger forms of Candiacervus all demonstrated delayed skeletal maturity compared to their putative ancestor fallow deer (Dama dama) as well as similar-sized mainland deer. This is the first report showing that insular deer that are either subject to gigantism or retained ancestral size, also displayed adaptations to a slow life history similar to insular deer that underwent dwarfism. This research contributes to our understanding of how insular conditions may influence life history patterns in a species radiation of deer.
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000168541 700__ $$aCalderón, Teresa$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000168541 700__ $$aLyras, George A.
000168541 700__ $$avan der Geer, Alexandra A. E.
000168541 7102_ $$12000$$2655$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ciencias de la Tierra$$cÁrea Paleontología
000168541 773__ $$g144, 78 (2025), [10 pp.]$$pSwiss j. palaeontol.$$tSwiss Journal of Palaeontology$$x1664-2376
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