Maximum intrinsic rate of population increase in sharks, rays, and chimaeras: the importance of survival to maturity
Sebastián A. Pardo, Holly K. Kindsvater, John D. Reynolds, Nicholas K. Dulvy
The paper updates the maximum intrinsic rate of population increase (rmax) for chondrichthyans by incorporating survival to maturity, finding lower rmax values than previously reported.
bioRxiv · May 5, 2016Ecology