Appendix 2—table 2. Kendall’s rank correlation (τ) among demographic values given in Appendix 2—table 1 across species.

M = mass, r_m = maximum rate of instaneous exponential population growth predicted allometrically, $r_{\mathrm{m}}^{\text{'}}$ = realised r_m predicted from the constructed matrix (see text), ω = longevity, F = fertility (daughters per breeding female per year), α = age at first reproduction (primiparity), S_ad = yearly adult survival, G = generation length.

	M (kg)	rm	rm'	D (km−2)	ω (yrs)	F (n♀yr−1♀−1)	α (yrs)	Sad (yr−1)
rm	−0.684
rm'	−0.350	0.507
D (km−2)	−0.476	0.499	0.358
ω (yrs)	0.390	−0.511	−0.605	−0.068
F (n♀yr−1♀−1)	−0.484	0.278	0.486	0.148	−0.567
α (yrs)	0.671	−0.685	−0.583	−0.459	0.556	−0.562
Sad (yr−1)	0.552	−0.681	−0.394	−0.328	0.484	−0.327	0.572
G (yrs)	0.471	−0.446	−0.616	−0.201	0.762	−0.711	0.730	0.487