Demographic Processes Underlying Population Growth and Decline in Salamandra salamandra

Abstract

Human activity commonly has negative impacts on wildlife. Often, however, only a single element of the life cycle is affected, and it is unclear whether such effects translate into effects on population growth. This is particularly true for research into the causes of global amphibian declines, where experimental research focuses primarily on the aquatic larval stages but theory suggests these stages have only minor importance for population growth. We used data from long‐term mark‐recapture studies of two natural populations of the s Show more