Temporal correlations among demographic parameters are ubiquitous but highly variable across species.

ABSTRACT: Temporal correlations among demographic parameters can strongly influence population dynamics. Our empirical knowledge, however, is very limited regarding the direction and the magnitude of these correlations and how they vary among demographic parameters and species' life histories. Here, we use long-term demographic data from 15 bird and mammal species with contrasting pace of life to quantify correlation patterns among five key demographic parameters: juvenile and adult survival, reproductive probability, reproductive success and productivity. Correlations among demographic parameters were ubiquitous, more frequently positive than negative, but strongly differed across species. Correlations did not markedly change along the slow-fast continuum of life histories, suggesting that they wer

SUBMITTER: Fay R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9323452 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature