• The Demographic buffering hypothesis: Evidence and challenges 

      Hilde, Christoffer Høyvik; Gamelon, Marlène; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Gaillard, Jean-Michel; Yoccoz, Nigel; Pelabon, Christophe (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06)
      In (st)age-structured populations, the long-run population growth rate is negatively affected by temporal variation in vital rates. In most cases, natural selection should minimize temporal variation in the vital rates to which the long-run population growth is most sensitive, resulting in demographic buffering. By reviewing empirical studies on demographic buffering in wild populations, we found ...
    • Raising offspring increases ageing: Differences in senescence among three populations of a long-lived seabird, the Atlantic puffin 

      Landsem, Terje Lorentzen; Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles; Layton-Matthews, Kate; Hilde, Christoffer Høyvik; Harris, Michael P; Wanless, Sarah; Daunt, Francis; Reiertsen, Tone Kristin; Erikstad, Kjell E.; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-12)
      1. Actuarial senescence, the decline of survival with age, is well documented in the wild. Rates of senescence vary widely between taxa, to some extent also between sexes, with the fastest life histories showing the highest rates of senescence. Few studies have investigated differences in senescence among populations of the same species, although such variation is expected from population-level ...