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. 2020 Apr 29;10:7298. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64216-9

Table 2.

Vital rates used for each class and environmental condition.

Vital rate Conditions LJ HJ YLAJ YHAJ ALAJ AHAJ References
Yearly survival (Sy) favourable 0.42a 0.6a 0.60b 0.60b 0.71b 0.71b aassumed*bBriedermann34
unfavourable 0.15a 0.35a 0.31b 0.31b 0.58b 0.58b
Summer survival (Ss) 0.73c 0.73c 0.95a 0.95a 0.95a 0.95a aassumed* cFruzinski56
Winter survival (Sw) favourable 0.58 0.85 0.63 0.63 0.75 0.75 Sw = Sy/Ss
unfavourable 0.21 0.48 0.33 0.33 0.61 0.61
Mean No. of foetuses favourable 3.88 4.90 5.65 7.13 6.36 7.41 Briedermann34; own data
unfavourable 0 3.20 4.55 5.75 5.80 6.76
Breeding probability favourable 0.10d 0.60e 1.00e 1.00e 1.00e 1.00e eGethöffer, et al.35 dServanty et al.17
unfavourable 0d 0.43e 1.00e 1.00e 1.00e 1.00e
Intra uterine mortality 0.11 0.18 0.06 Gethöffer, et al.35
Fecundity (F) favourable 0.073 0.812 1.065 1.344 1.637 1.907 Calculated
unfavourable 0.000 0.215 0.449 0.568 1.214 1.415

*The effect of the assumptions on the model outcome and the conclusions was tested in separate analyses. Neither assumption affected the conclusion we drew from the model outcomes (see text and Supplementary Information 2 for more information).