Life-History Variation Predicts the Effects of Demographic Stochasticity on Avian Population Dynamics

• Published in: The American naturalist Vol. 164; no. 6; p. 793
• Main Authors: Sæther, Bernt-Erik, Engen, Steinar, Pape Møller, Anders, Weimerskirch, Henri, Visser, Marcel E, Fiedler, Wolfgang, Matthysen, Erik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2004
• Subjects: life‐history variation; stochastic population dynamics; birds; environmental stochasticity; demographic stochasticity

Comparative analyses of avian population fluctuations have shown large interspecific differences in population variability that have been difficult to relate to variation in general ecological characteristics. Here we show that interspecific variation in demographic stochasticity, caused by random v...