The open‐data scientific philosophy is being widely adopted and proving to promote
considerable progress in ecology and evolution. Open‐data global data bases now exist on …

Elasticity is a perturbation measure in matrix projection models that quantifies the
proportional change in population growth rate as a function of a proportional change in a …

Ecologists seek general explanations for the dramatic variation in species abundances in
space and time. An increasingly popular solution is to predict species distributions …

The identification of patterns in life-history strategies across the tree of life is essential to our
prediction of population persistence, extinction, and diversification. Plants exhibit a wide …

A central goal in ecology is to predict population dynamics from demographic information.
Based on the asymptotic population growth rate λ, calculated from a projection matrix model …

This completely revised, fourth edition of Introduction to Plant Population Biology continues
the approach taken by its highly successful predecessors. Ecological and genetic principles …

We examine why demographic models should be used cautiously in Population Viability
Analysis (PVA) with endangered species. We review the structure, data requirements, and …

Elasticity analysis is a useful tool in conservation biology. The relative impacts of
proportional changes in fertility, juvenile survival, and adult survival on asymptotic …

Schedules of survival, growth and reproduction are key life‐history traits. Data on how these
traits vary among species and populations are fundamental to our understanding of the …

Population viability analysis (PVA) has become a commonly used tool in endangered
species management. There is no single process that constitutes PVA, but all approaches …