This study aimed to obtain the first estimates of S. thompsoni population dynamics and growth rates over Kerguelen Plateau (Southern Indian Ocean). Micronekton, including salps, were repeatedly sampled during late summer early autumn (26th February – 15th March 2018) at contrasting hydrological stations on in southern proximity Islands. At two stations, made up almost half micronekton biomass. ...

The relative importance of life-history variables to population growth rate (lambda) has substantial consequences for the study of life-history evolution and for the dynamics of biological populations. Using life-history data for 142 natural populations of mammals, we estimated the elasticity of lambda to changes in age at maturity (alpha), age at last reproduction (omega), juvenile survival (P...

Four stylized facts of economic growth in DCs are set up initially. Despite its obvious simplicity the linear growth model with subsistence consumption is able to reproduce two of them: a rise in the saving rate along with per capita income as well as b-divergence. The rate of convergence shows extraordinarily low values at early stages of economic development. Hence, the big diversity in growt...