How life history influences population dynamics in fluctuating environments

American Naturalist

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 743-759

  Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Coulson, Tim ^b   Grøtan, Vidar ^a   Engen, Steinar ^a   Altwegg, Res ^c,d   Armitage, Kenneth B ^e   Barbraud, Christophe ^f   Becker, Peter H ^g   Blumstein, Daniel T ^h   Dobson, F Stephen ^i,j   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^k   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^l   Jenkins, Andrew ^d   Jones, Carl ^m,n   Nicoll, Malcolm A C ^o   Norris, Ken ^o   Oli, Madan K ^p   Ozgul, Arpat ^p,q   Weimerskirch, Henri ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^f CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^g INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ CNRS   (France)

^j AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^m MAURITIAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Mauritius)

ⁿ DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Demographic stochasticity; Environmental stochasticity; Life history; Reproductive value; Stochastic demography

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERATION TIME; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; STOCHASTICITY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ENVIRONMENT; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENT; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887529896     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673497     Document Type: Article

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