Environmentally sensitive life-cycle traits have low elasticity: Implications for theory and practice

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1449-1455

  Forbes, Valery E ^a   Olsen, Mette ^a   Palmqvist, Annemette ^a   Calow, Peter ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chemical stress; Daphnia magna; Elasticity; Lowest observed effective concentration; Matrix population model; Population dynamics; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FECUNDITY; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; LIFE CYCLE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 77954324970     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1063.1     Document Type: Article

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