Exploring causal components of plasticity in grey seal birthdates: Effects of intrinsic traits, demography, and climate

Agriculture & Biology

• demography 94%
• seals 89%
• plasticity 79%
• climate 69%
• pups 69%
• North Atlantic Oscillation 57%
• parity (reproduction) 38%
• oscillation 35%
• parturition 34%
• phenology 33%
• weaning 31%
• radiative forcing 30%
• dates (fruit) 28%
• Halichoerus grypus 26%
• Nova Scotia 22%
• longitudinal studies 21%
• breeding 21%
• surface temperature 20%
• repeatability 18%
• reproductive success 16%
• population size 16%
• Canada 14%
• gender 10%
• energy 10%
• testing 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• demography 100%
• plasticity 84%
• climate 47%
• parturition 43%
• weaning 41%
• North Atlantic Oscillation 32%
• phenology 31%
• breeding 29%
• oscillation 23%
• effect 20%
• reproductive success 18%
• climate forcing 17%
• fitness 14%
• population size 14%
• allocation 12%
• sea surface temperature 12%
• energy 7%
• test 5%