Browsing by Subject "age structure"

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Accuracy Assessment of Skeletochronology in the Arizona Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum)

Eden, Christopher J.; Whiteman, Howard H.; Duobinis-Gray, Leon; Wissinger, Scott A. (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH), 2007-05-16)

Skeletochronology is the most commonly used tool for evaluating the age of amphibians and reptiles. However, the accuracy of skeletochronology is questionable because few studies have utilized individuals of known age to ...
Consumptive and nonconsumptive effects of cannibalism in fluctuating age-structured populations

Wissinger, Scott A.; Whiteman, Howard H.; Denoël, Mathieu; Mumford, Miranda L.; Aubee, Catherine B. (Ecological Society of America, 2010)

Theory and empirical studies suggest that cannibalism in age-structured populations can regulate recruitment depending on the intensity of intraspecific competition between cannibals and victims and the nature of the ...