Models for Population Growth Curves

Table 4

Estimates of the parameter z in (1).

Species	z	CV
Red deer 6585	3.89	0.720
Boar 9428	4.99	1.138
Gray fox 319	3.78	0.407
Gray fox 342	1.85	1.151
Coyote 263	1.93	1.482
Gray seals [1]	11.76	0.882
Bison [2]	0.75	0.627
Macaque 6068	16.26	1.545
Beaver 151	0.46	1.739
Beaver 156	7.43	1.027
Elephant seals [3]	1.86	0.360
Seneca deer [4]	0.69	0.652
Badger 78	1.76	2.290
Fur seals [9]	4.05	0.783
Blue Springs manatees [10]	5.08	2.108
Chinstrap penguins (Fraser, pers. commun.)	0.45	5.778
Gentoo penguins (Fraser, pers. commun.)	0.69	2.087
Polar bear 143	6.13	1.127
Coyote 247	6.42	1.673
Gray fox 328	1.88	1.293
Boar 9429	1.66	0.596
Marten 9695	1.2	1.892
Squirrel 9699	0.98	2.920
Gray fox 334	0.45	2.480
Camargue horses [5]	6.06	0.240
Argentine horses [6]	7.99	0.95
Przewalski’s horses [5, 7]	6.81	0.690
Red kite [8]	1.47	3.380
Median	1.93