Just because you can (extrapolate models using the available demographic data in COMPADRE and COMADRE, and other sources) doesn’t mean you should. Shaun Coutts and colleagues have published a work in Ecology Letters asking how far can one extrapolate demographic outputs within and across species based on demographic knowledge, geographic and phylogenetic distance.
The academic answer is here: SR Coutts, R Salguero‐Gómez, AM Csergő, Buckley YM (2016) Extrapolating demography with climate, proximity and phylogeny: approach with caution. Ecology Letters. doi: 10.1111/ele.12691
The lay summary is here: Shaun Coutts’ Research Site
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