Table 4. Sensitivity and elasticity estimates as derived from a population viability analysis (PVA) for Crotalus willardi obscurus (CWO) in the Animas Mountain sky island (New Mexico, U.S.A.).
Fire Regimes | ||||
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No Fire | Low Intensity | High Intensity | ||
Sensitivity | Fecundity | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.21 |
Juvenile Survival | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.71 | |
Adult Survival | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.85 | |
TOTAL | 1.66 | 1.67 | 1.77 | |
Elasticity | Fecundity | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.24 |
Juvenile Survival | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.24 | |
Adult Survival | 0.54 | 0.47 | 0.53 | |
TOTAL | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Fecundity and juvenile and adult survival are estimated over 100 years under three Fire Regimes (= No Fire; Low Intensity Fire; High Intensity Fire).