Table 3. Deterministic growth rate estimates, stable age distribution, age-specific reproductive values, sensitivities, and elasticities for southern Nova Scotia and Gulf of St Lawrence population segments of Piping Plovers in eastern Canada, 1998–2003.

  

South NS (λd = 1.0043) Gulf (λd = 0.9651)
Parameter Sensitivity Elasticity Sensitivity Elasticity
ΦA 1.0140 0.7398 1.0090 0.7666
ΦJ 0.7970 0.2602 0.9404 0.2334
f 0.4235 0.2602 0.3212 0.2334
ΦJ w= ΦJ/f 0.4918 0.2602 0.6596 0.2334
yS 0.0748 0.0603 0.0564 0.0497
yT 0.0545 0.0538 0.0428 0.0436
E 0.0687 0.2602 0.0572 0.2334
h 0.5678 0.2602 0.4400 0.2334
 
Age Class Stable Age Distribution Reproductive Contribution Stable Age Distribution Reproductive Contribution
Hatch-year (HY) 0.4533 0.1750 0.4921 0.1359
Second-year (SY) 0.1480 0.4120 0.1221 0.4311
Third-year or older (TY+) 0.3986 0.4130 0.3858 0.4330