A branching process, its application in biology: Influence of demographic parameters on the social structure in mammal groups

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 564-574

  Caron Lormier, G ^a   Masson, J P ^b   Menard N ^a   Pierre, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Birth death branching process; Extinction probability; Matriline

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEREDITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 30444442283     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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