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reproduction ratio — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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reproduction ratio

Scope: population ecology

Papers: 6 | Mentions: 6

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Knowledge graph centered on reproduction ratio with 71 nodes and 155 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, Spruce, mark-recapture (Sciuridae), Populus, Populus tremuloides.

Definition

The average number of offspring produced by a typical individual during its life, calculated as the product of offspring number and survival probability

Related Terms (7)

RR₀basic reproduction ratioreproductive valueNeλmVₓ

Publications (6)

A model of inter-cohort cannibalism and paedomorphosis in Arizona tiger salamanders, <i>Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum</i>

2016International Journal of Biomathematicsmeasured

Estimating the effect of temporal autocorrelated environments on the demography of density-independent age-structured populations

2013Methods in Ecology and Evolutioncentral

Bottlenecks and rescue effects in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>)

2011Conservation Geneticsmeasured

Weather influences on demography of the yellow-bellied marmot (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

2005Journal of Zoology, Londonmeasured

Sociality and individual fitness in yellow-bellied marmots: insights from a long-term study (1962-2001)

2003Oecologiacentral

A 32-year demography of yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

1998J Zool Londonmeasured

Related Concepts (10)

density dependence

process3 shared papers

environmental stochasticity

process2 shared papers

Life Table Response Experiment

framework2 shared papers

frequency-dependent selection

theory1 shared paper

lifetime reproductive success

metric1 shared paper

facultative paedomorphosis

process1 shared paper

winter survival

process1 shared paper

philopatry

phenomenon1 shared paper

population stage structure

phenomenon1 shared paper

early-life trade-offs

theory1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae5 papers

Urocitellus columbianus

Sciuridae4 papers

Spruce

Populus

Salicaceae3 papers

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae3 papers

Ovis canadensis

Bovidae2 papers

Bromus

Poaceae2 papers

Festuca

Poaceae2 papers

bighorn sheep

Quaking aspen