Approximating persistence in a general class of population processes

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-90

  Cairns, B J ^a   Pollett, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catastrophes; Extinction; Hitting time; Population process

Indexed keywords

PERSISTENCE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DISASTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIRTH RATE; DISASTERS; INSURANCE, MAJOR MEDICAL; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 23744496287     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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