Perspectives on the intrinsic rate of population growth

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• Journal Title:
  Methods in Ecology and Evolution
• Personal Author:
  Cortés, Enric
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  The intrinsic rate of population increase (rmax) is a fundamental metric in ecology and evolution of immediate practical application in conservation and wildlife management. I examine the interpretation of rmax by revisiting the theory behind the density-independent and density-dependent paradigms. The criticism that density-independent approaches underestimate rmax per se, often expressed in the field of fisheries, is shown to be theoretically unfounded. The difficulty in estimating rmax is due to lack of knowledge on the depletion level of the population rather than theory.
• Keywords:
  Ecological Modeling Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics
• Source:
  Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7(10), 1136-1145
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12592
• ISSN:
  2041-210X ; 2041-210X
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  Wiley
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e2ed070ea78301780993515c7353777d150c530c7039409173d4df751b6ba270
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/51791/noaa_51791_DS1.pdf
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