Ecological Archives M075-004-A3

William F. Morris and Daniel F. Doak. 2005. How general are the determinants of the stochastic population growth rates across nearby sites? Ecological Monographs 75:119–137.

Appendix C. Stochastic sensitivities and elasticities to means and variances of vital rates and types of vital rates.

Table C1: Stochastic elasticities to the vital rate means in 5 study populations.�Estimates from the baseline data set, as well as 95% confidence limits based on 1000 bootstrap samples, are shown.�The highest baseline elasticity in each population is in bold; an asterisk indicates that this elasticity is significantly higher than any other (i.e., its lower confidence limit exceeds the upper limit for all other vital rates' elasticities).

Vital rate

Campion Crest

Gulch

Pass

Rock Glacier

Ridge

Baseline Estimate

95% Bootstrap Confidence Limits

Baseline Estimate

95% Bootstrap Confidence Limits

Baseline Estimate

95% Bootstrap Confidence Limits

Baseline Estimate

95% Bootstrap Confidence Limits

Baseline Estimate

95% Bootstrap Confidence Limits

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

s0

5.70E-03

9.87E-04

9.66E-03

8.19E-04

-4.15E-04

2.32E-03

1.04E-02

-3.54E-02

4.36E-02

6.36E-03

1.20E-03

1.08E-02

8.40E-03

1.63E-03

1.32E-02

s1

6.08E-03

9.13E-04

1.02E-02

8.63E-04

-6.29E-04

2.51E-03

1.00E-02

-4.39E-02

4.63E-02

6.98E-03

1.13E-03

1.07E-02

7.41E-03

1.27E-03

9.77E-03

s2

6.70E-03

1.15E-03

9.82E-03

8.72E-04

-9.30E-05

2.39E-03

7.41E-03

-2.12E-02

2.05E-02

7.42E-03

1.76E-03

1.02E-02

7.42E-03

1.33E-03

9.80E-03

s3

4.11E-02

9.74E-03

1.06E-01

5.19E-03

-5.30E-04

2.67E-02

6.19E-02

-2.01E-01

2.01E-01

4.19E-02

8.70E-03

1.10E-01

7.03E-02

1.21E-02

1.09E-01

s4

2.09E-01

8.24E-03

5.27E-01

6.86E-03

-4.80E-03

3.16E-02

1.19E-01

-3.46E-03

4.32E-01

1.01E-01

3.01E-02

4.74E-01

2.24E-01

2.85E-02

3.89E-01

s5

2.11E-01

-1.41E-01

4.47E-01

4.11E-03

-2.20E-03

1.33E-02

5.56E-02

2.34E-03

1.23E-01

2.16E-02

5.18E-03

3.20E-02

1.15E-01

1.44E-02

1.83E-01

s6

1.01E-01

-2.05E-01

3.94E-01

6.37E-03

-1.18E-03

1.44E-02

9.57E-02

9.54E-03

1.54E-01

4.92E-02

1.02E-02

8.09E-02

1.05E-01

1.28E-02

1.54E-01

s7

2.56E-02

-4.85E-02

1.08E-01

5.73E-03

-4.20E-04

8.23E-03

4.80E-02

8.59E-03

7.73E-02

4.02E-02

1.04E-02

6.77E-02

1.19E-01

1.28E-02

1.77E-01

s8

4.39E-02

-5.42E-02

1.48E-01

1.77E-02

1.53E-03

2.53E-02

1.17E-01

3.42E-02

1.84E-01

7.26E-02

1.96E-02

1.06E-01

1.15E-01

1.19E-02

1.57E-01

s9

6.25E-02

-1.16E-01

2.29E-01

4.69E-02

8.08E-03

7.12E-02

1.64E-01

4.09E-02

2.81E-01

1.33E-01

3.93E-02

1.86E-01

1.20E-01

1.28E-02

1.65E-01

s10

4.84E-02

9.98E-03

1.09E-01

8.76E-02

1.72E-02

1.32E-01

2.21E-01

4.07E-02

4.09E-01

2.30E-01

1.09E-01

3.53E-01

7.48E-02

1.19E-02

1.12E-01

s11

8.57E-02

-2.18E-02

2.51E-01

2.04E-01

1.01E-01

2.79E-01

9.22E-02

-1.01E-01

2.77E-01

2.16E-01

9.38E-02

3.90E-01

1.75E-02

3.14E-03

3.93E-02

s12

1.48E-01

-1.28E-01

7.11E-01

6.05E-01*

5.14E-01

8.34E-01

6.75E-03

-2.91E-02

1.88E-01

8.27E-02

2.83E-02

2.07E-01

2.28E-02

2.63E-03

8.59E-01

g3

-1.56E-03

-1.04E-02

7.52E-03

4.23E-04

-2.11E-03

2.71E-03

5.54E-03

-1.29E-03

1.06E-02

4.20E-03

-5.04E-04

6.40E-03

6.49E-03

1.15E-03

8.49E-03

g4

-1.30E-03

-5.74E-02

3.40E-02

3.80E-04

-1.74E-03

1.88E-03

5.03E-03

-3.85E-03

6.36E-03

-2.55E-05

-7.43E-03

7.72E-04

3.64E-03

-9.16E-04

5.20E-03

g5

-5.73E-03

-8.87E-02

7.34E-02

4.37E-04

-1.44E-03

2.27E-03

5.47E-03

1.09E-04

6.02E-03

2.98E-03

-1.75E-03

3.70E-03

1.91E-03

-2.18E-03

3.74E-03

g6

-6.85E-03

-1.22E-01

1.12E-01

8.72E-04

-1.69E-03

1.88E-03

6.60E-03

4.04E-04

6.80E-03

-1.04E-03

-3.74E-03

2.73E-03

6.05E-04

-2.46E-03

2.78E-03

g7

1.53E-03

-4.53E-02

6.74E-02

3.21E-04

-7.01E-04

1.63E-03

3.35E-03

-6.06E-05

6.06E-03

2.73E-03

-3.80E-03

4.08E-03

2.69E-03

-4.01E-04

4.08E-03

g8

-3.17E-03

-7.35E-02

5.71E-02

1.77E-04

-7.82E-04

1.61E-03

6.87E-03

5.35E-04

1.16E-02

1.38E-04

-3.79E-03

6.20E-03

5.91E-04

-2.45E-03

2.64E-03

g9

-2.10E-03

-3.80E-02

3.12E-02

1.54E-03

-2.72E-04

3.66E-03

6.66E-03

-2.32E-04

1.44E-02

3.12E-05

-5.16E-03

4.56E-03

-1.63E-03

-4.74E-03

1.27E-03

g10

3.92E-04

-1.23E-02

1.56E-02

2.43E-03

-3.02E-03

6.34E-03

8.47E-03

-2.54E-02

3.63E-02

-4.97E-03

-9.21E-03

6.65E-03

-1.35E-03

-2.90E-03

1.36E-03

g11

5.21E-04

-9.82E-03

8.15E-03

1.55E-03

-2.75E-03

1.12E-02

-1.21E-03

-9.04E-03

2.03E-03

2.50E-03

-3.28E-03

6.34E-03

7.17E-04

5.56E-05

2.32E-03

r4

5.61E-04

-4.78E-03

5.83E-03

-2.96E-04

-1.91E-03

1.41E-03

-4.97E-03

-1.84E-02

1.38E-03

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

-4.17E-03

-7.49E-03

-5.93E-04

r5

1.03E-03

-2.47E-02

3.77E-02

-3.35E-04

-1.32E-03

4.68E-04

-5.27E-03

-9.08E-03

6.78E-05

-1.09E-03

-2.32E-03

0.00E+00

-2.03E-03

-4.16E-03

8.79E-05

r6

4.59E-04

-5.03E-02

4.07E-02

-3.58E-04

-1.43E-03

5.34E-04

-6.82E-03

-9.11E-03

-5.21E-04

-3.92E-04

-1.07E-03

0.00E+00

-8.64E-04

-3.44E-03

4.42E-04

r7

1.01E-03

-4.05E-02

3.74E-02

-4.64E-04

-1.16E-03

6.77E-04

-3.12E-03

-6.33E-03

-3.24E-04

-2.95E-04

-1.14E-03

0.00E+00

-3.08E-03

-4.88E-03

-4.22E-04

r8

-8.15E-04

-1.49E-02

9.94E-03

-2.41E-05

-1.45E-03

4.42E-04

-6.70E-03

-1.28E-02

-2.50E-03

-1.59E-03

-2.97E-03

1.21E-03

-1.38E-03

-3.77E-03

5.73E-05

r9

1.31E-03

-2.68E-02

3.58E-02

-1.01E-03

-3.07E-03

-2.34E-04

-7.16E-03

-1.74E-02

-1.54E-03

6.07E-04

-6.17E-03

1.99E-03

-4.17E-04

-3.59E-03

1.18E-03

r10

-1.40E-03

-1.14E-02

7.76E-03

-1.13E-03

-4.83E-03

-7.81E-05

-4.71E-03

-1.30E-02

2.09E-04

-1.06E-04

-7.91E-03

1.86E-03

-1.23E-03

-3.54E-03

-3.19E-04

r11

-2.86E-03

-1.65E-02

8.51E-03

-1.21E-03

-1.12E-02

-1.39E-04

1.04E-03

-5.11E-02

6.45E-02

-5.90E-03

-1.42E-02

5.38E-04

-1.74E-03

-3.36E-03

-3.17E-04

r12

-7.50E-03

-3.32E-02

4.64E-03

-1.60E-03

-2.07E-02

-6.12E-04

5.98E-05

-1.14E-02

7.23E-03

-1.87E-03

-7.39E-03

6.10E-04

-1.30E-03

-6.34E-03

0.00E+00

6.16E-03

1.05E-03

1.04E-02

8.85E-04

-4.67E-04

2.46E-03

1.24E-02

-4.39E-02

5.13E-02

6.93E-03

1.40E-03

1.14E-02

6.94E-03

1.35E-03

1.01E-02

5.19E-03

7.83E-04

8.84E-03

7.29E-04

-7.57E-04

2.16E-03

3.04E-03

-7.78E-02

6.76E-02

6.10E-03

4.69E-04

9.37E-03

6.86E-03

1.15E-03

8.89E-03

f4

3.42E-07

0.00E+00

1.74E-06

5.53E-08

-1.99E-08

6.80E-07

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

1.58E-06

0.00E+00

1.95E-05

1.16E-06

0.00E+00

7.46E-06

f5

1.80E-06

0.00E+00

8.51E-06

3.21E-08

-1.94E-08

2.99E-07

3.47E-05

-1.57E-04

3.54E-04

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

1.21E-05

6.71E-07

4.77E-05

f6

1.39E-05

1.10E-07

3.85E-05

5.56E-08

-4.26E-08

3.10E-07

1.56E-04

-7.83E-04

8.87E-04

1.47E-05

4.69E-07

4.48E-05

6.30E-05

3.93E-06

2.18E-04

f7

9.65E-06

1.13E-07

3.95E-05

2.66E-07

-1.63E-07

1.02E-06

2.86E-04

-1.49E-03

2.04E-03

3.66E-05

1.63E-06

9.72E-05

3.27E-04

1.53E-05

8.39E-04

f8

4.05E-05

2.83E-07

1.34E-04

1.65E-06

-8.84E-07

5.44E-06

1.10E-03

-4.39E-03

4.96E-03

1.52E-04

8.18E-06

3.13E-04

7.29E-04

2.95E-05

1.60E-03

f9

1.77E-04

3.97E-07

5.21E-04

8.38E-06

-5.40E-06

2.69E-05

2.78E-03

-9.92E-03

1.34E-02

5.34E-04

4.76E-05

1.06E-03

1.55E-03

6.52E-05

2.99E-03

f10

4.05E-04

5.41E-06

9.02E-04

2.83E-05

-1.30E-05

8.19E-05

1.45E-03

-1.79E-02

2.29E-02

1.79E-03

2.89E-04

3.36E-03

2.27E-03

7.15E-05

4.02E-03

f11

1.49E-03

1.29E-04

2.80E-03

1.20E-04

-7.72E-05

3.44E-04

6.63E-03

-1.73E-02

2.09E-02

2.55E-03

5.15E-04

4.41E-03

8.47E-04

1.30E-05

1.53E-03

f12

4.02E-03

6.52E-04

7.22E-03

7.27E-04

-4.07E-04

2.11E-03

-7.75E-05

-7.80E-03

1.15E-02

1.85E-03

2.93E-04

3.43E-03

1.14E-03

1.76E-04

3.43E-03



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