Table 1. Mean and standard error (SE) of vital rates, as well as sensitivity and elasticity of overall deterministic population growth rate (i.e., based on vital rates estimated for the entire study period) to changes in vital rates for a golden-mantled ground squirrel population in Gothic, Colorado.

Parameter	Mean	SE	Sensitivity	Elasticity
Pj	0.310	0.024	1.125	0.404
Pa	0.519	0.029	1.081	0.596
LS	4.793	0.141	0.079	0.404
BPj	0.313	0.047	0.300	0.100
BPa	0.816	0.037	0.350	0.304

Vital rates are: juvenile survival (P_j), adult survival (P_a), litter size (LS), and breeding probability for yearlings (BP_j) and older females (BP_a).