The Life of a White Mountains Bristlecone

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Population Ecology1. Estimate vital rates of each lifestage (Growth, Survival orMortality, Reproduction)1. Analyze numbers, rates ofvariability, estimates ofuncertainty=>Demographic Models⇒Matrix Voodoo⇒Mathematical Hell, etc....
Long-lived species are difficult to study!1. It is impossible to directly study entire life-spans.2. Recruitment and mortality events for long-lived speciesare rare and difficult to record.Solution: records of past births and deaths!Sadly, almost all species decompose following death andmost have unmarked graves.
Page 1: Population Ecology of Long-Lived &L
Page 6: Spatially Explicit Graveyards
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Page 14 and 15: A few calculations….2008 Cones on
Page 17 and 18: Caged seed experiment:98% unprotect
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Page 36 and 37: Episodes of recruitment and mortali
Page 38 and 39: LIGHTNING!73% of Campito SnagsBURN
Page 40 and 41: 7000 B.P.‐5000 BC
Page 42 and 43: 5000 B.P.‐3000 BC
Page 44 and 45: 3000 B.P.‐1000 BC
Page 46 and 47: 1000 B.P.1000 AD
Page 49 and 50: Demographic Modeling & Elasticities

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