Attempted replication of results from references [18], [20], [24], [25] and [37].

“Reported” parameter values were derived from regression equations published in the cited references. In some cases this differs from parameters (particularly maximum growth rate) quoted in the same papers–see Text S1. “Best fit” parameter values are the results from attempted replication by using the same data set, growth function and methodology as the cited reference. Note that analysis of these data sets with the methods described in this paper gives different results in many cases (see Table 4, Table 5 and Table S8). Two important biological parameters–maximum asymptotic size and peak growth rate–are shown here; see Text S1 and Table S4 for further details.*Cases in which the replicated (Best fit) results differ from reported results by 10% or more. Four of the 11 taxa have published results for both asymptotic size and growth rate that can be replicated within that tolerance.