DEBBIES Dataset to study Life Histories across Ectotherms.

ABSTRACT: Demographic models are used to explore how life history traits structure life history strategies across species. This study presents the DEBBIES dataset that contains estimates of eight life history traits (length at birth, puberty and maximum length, maximum reproduction rate, fraction energy allocated to respiration versus reproduction, von Bertalanffy growth rate, mortality rates) for 185 ectotherm species. The dataset can be used to parameterise dynamic energy budget integral projection models (DEB-IPMs) to calculate key demographic quantities like population growth rate and demographic resilience, but also link to conservation status or biogeographical characteristics. Our technical validation shows a satisfactory agreement between observed and predicted longevity, generation time, ag

SUBMITTER: Smallegange IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10834990 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature