Data and code from : The amount of genetic variance required for evolutionary rescue varies among life history traits in an endangered species.

We use a quantitative genetics model of evolution in stage-structured populations to predict evolutionary rescue as a function of the genetic variance and covariance among life-history traits, which we then illustrate with the case of the endangered plant Centaurea corymbosa. When a single life-history trait is genetically variable, a specific range of variance allows rescue and the critical minimal variance is smaller for life-history traits with large elasticity.

When several life-history traits jointly evolve, rescue is more likely when genetic variation is abundant for combinations of lie-history traits with large elasticity. Overall, we show that genetic variation for different life-history traits does not contribute equally to evolutionary rescue, and offer a framework for integrating genetic and demographic data to guide conservation strategies.