Protocols

Statistical approach using the climwin package to determine optimal phenological windows of climate variables that best predict biological timing by testing multiple window lengths and start dates.

Statistical modeling of capture-recapture data to estimate seasonal survival probabilities across age classes using program MARK with model selection via AICc.

Integration of molecular phylogeny with life history and energetic data to identify evolutionary patterns of energy conservation traits across marmot species. Uses comparative analysis to distinguish ...

Frequent visits to wild meerkat groups to record births, deaths, emigration, and social status changes over 20 years of continuous observation.

Principal component analysis applied across multiple species using demographic traits to identify major axes of life-history variation and test for slow-fast continuum patterns. Uses phylogenetically-...

Standardized literature search and screening process to identify and synthesize studies on hibernating mammal responses to climate change, followed by categorization and statistical analysis of climat...

Construction and parameterization of periodic matrix population models to project population dynamics under different scenarios of environmental periodicity strength.

Analysis method that reveals demographic and trait mediated processes that buffer population growth using transient life table response experiments.