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Population growth rate is a function of several life-history variables, which differ in their potential influence on population dynamics. Knowledge of the relative importance of these life-history variables can have implications for ecological and evolutionary theory as well as the conservation of endangered species. We used life-history data for 155 populations of birds to estimate asymptotic growth...