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An Analysis of Demographic Tactics in Birds and Mammals
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Using field data on fecundity, age at first reproduction and adult life expectancy, we reconsider the so-called r-K gradient by analyzing relationships between these three demographic parameters in 80 mammal species and 114 bird species. After the allometric effect of adult body weight is removed, the three variables remain correlated. The existence of demographic tactics which are independent of adult body weight is demonstrated by multivariate analyses of these variables. These analyses confirm the importance of ecological and phylogenetic constraints. The main structure is a time-scale gradient ranking species according to turn-over, both in birds and mammals. A second gradient ranking species according to iteroparity level appears significantly both in birds and mammals. In mammals, this pattern is related to patterns of parental investment.
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- Authors
- Gaillard, J.-M., Pontier, D., Allainé, D., Lebreton, J. D., Trouvilliez, J., Clobert, J., & Allaine, D.
- Venue
- Oikos
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1989-09
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 59
- ISSN
- 0030-1299 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2313362018
- Cited by
- 389
- References
- 95
- FWCI
- 5.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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