Determinants of size at metamorphosis in an endangered amphibian and their projected effects on population stability

Oikos ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 124 (6) ◽  
pp. 724-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Searcy ◽  
Helen Snaas ◽  
H. Bradley Shaffer
Keyword(s):  
Population Stability ◽  
Size At Metamorphosis

scholarly journals Plant Functional Traits as Determinants of Population Stability

2014 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 446-450
Author(s):  
Mária Majeková ◽  
Franceso de Bello ◽  
Jiří Doležal ◽  
Jan Lepš
Keyword(s):  
Functional Traits ◽  
Plant Functional Traits ◽  
Population Stability

scholarly journals The epidemiological consequences of immune priming

2012 ◽  
Vol 279 (1746) ◽  
pp. 4505-4512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah J. Tidbury ◽  
Alex Best ◽  
Mike Boots
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Low Doses ◽  
Population Stability ◽  
Invertebrate Immunity ◽  
Invertebrate Host ◽  
Immune Priming ◽  
Pathogen Persistence ◽  
Full Immunity

Exposure to low doses of pathogens that do not result in the host becoming infectious may ‘prime’ the immune response and increase protection to subsequent challenge. There is increasing evidence that such immune priming is a widespread and important feature of invertebrate host–pathogen interactions. Immune priming clearly has implications for individual hosts but will also have population-level implications. We present a susceptible–primed–infectious model—in contrast to the classic susceptible–infectious–recovered framework—to investigate the impacts of immune priming on pathogen persistence and population stability. We describe impacts of immune priming on the epidemiology of the disease in both constant and seasonal environments. A key result is that immune priming may act to destabilize population dynamics. In particular, when the proportion of individuals becoming primed rather than infected is high, but this priming does not confer full immunity, the population may be strongly destabilized through the generation of limit cycles. We discuss the implications of our model both in the context of invertebrate immunity and more widely.

scholarly journals Causal relationships between population stability and food‐web topology

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 1294-1300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelo B. Monteiro ◽  
Lucas Del Bianco Faria
Keyword(s):  
Food Web ◽  
Causal Relationships ◽  
Population Stability

scholarly journals Population Stability of a Tropical Lizard

Ecology ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 1204-1217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin M. Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Population Stability

The Demography and Age-Specific Annual Survival of Song Thrushes During Periods of Population Stability and Decline

10.2307/5986 ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 414 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Thomson ◽  
Stephen R. Baillie ◽  
Will J. Peach
Keyword(s):  
Population Stability ◽  
Annual Survival

scholarly journals Declining adult survival of New Zealand Bar-tailed Godwits during 2005–2012 despite apparent population stability

2016 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse R. Conklin ◽  
Tamar Lok ◽  
David S. Melville ◽  
Adrian C. Riegen ◽  
Rob Schuckard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Adult Survival ◽  
Population Stability
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