Patterns, sources, and consequences of variation in age-specific vital rates: Insights from a long-term study of Weddell seals

• Published in: Journal of Animal Ecology
• Main Author: Rotella, Jay J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Antarctica; life-history evolution; long-term studies; population biology; vital rates; Weddell seals; Austral; Weddell; Erebus Bay; Antarc*; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/17793

Variations in the reproductive and survival abilities of individuals within a population are ubiquitous in nature, key to individual fitness, and affect population dynamics, which leads to strong interest in understanding causes and consequences of vital-rate variation. For long-lived species, long-...