Predicted lifetime reproductive success of female Lake Erie Watersnakes as a function of annual survival and asymptotic SVL when reproduction is undelayed (upper panel; all females begin reproducing in year 4) and when reproduction is delayed by one or two years for females of average or high asymptotic size (lower panel).

<p>Symbol shape and line style distinguishes simulations with low (835 mm, circles and solid line), intermediate (977 mm, diamonds and dot-dash line) and high (1125 mm, squares and dashed line) asymptotic size.