Influence of life-history tactics on transient dynamics: A comparative analysis across mammalian populations

American Naturalist

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 673-683

  Gamelon, Marlène ^a   Gimenez, Olivier ^b   Baubet, Eric ^c   Coulson, Tim ^d   Tuljapurkar, Shripad ^e   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Generation time; Life history tactics; Population growth rate; Short term dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERATION TIME; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RELATEDNESS;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84908010959     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: 15375323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677929     Document Type: Article

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