Can life history predict the effect of demographic stochasticity on extinction risk?

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 706-720

  Jeppsson, Tobias ^a   Forslund, Pär ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Branching process; Demographic stochasticity; Demographic variance; Extinction risk; Life history; Matrix model; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE AT MATURITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION RISK; FECUNDITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; RISK; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FERTILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK; SEXUAL MATURATION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84861411180     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665696     Document Type: Article

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