Generation length for mammals
By M. Pacifici, L. Santini, Moreno Di Marco, D. Baisero, Lucilla Francucci, Gabriele Grottolo Marasini, P. Visconti, C. Rondinini. 2013
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Generation length (GL) is defined as the average age of parents of the current cohort, reflecting the turnover rate of breeding individuals in a population. GL is a fundamental piece of information for population ecology as well as for measuring species threat status (e.g. in the IUCN Red List). Here we present a dataset including GL records for all extant mammal species (n=5427). We first reviewed all data on GL published in the IUCN Red List database. We then calculated a value for species with available reproductive parameters (reproductive life span and age at first reproduction). We assigned to missing-data species a mean GL value from congeneric or confamilial species (depending on data availability). Finally, for a few remaining species, we assigned mean GL values from species with similar body mass and belonging to the same order. Our work provides the first attempt to complete a database of GL for mammals; it will be an essential reference point for all conservation-related studies that need pragmatic information on species GL, such as population dynamics and applications of the IUCN Red List assessment.
Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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In Ecology
- G. C. Costa
- C. Rondinini
- T. Brooks
- Bruce E. Young
- Ana D. Davidson
- Catherine H. Graham
- Moreno Di Marco
- Rune Halvorsen
In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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