On an extension of R.A. Fisher's result on the dynamics of the reproductive value

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 480-484

  Ediev, Dalkhat M ^a,b  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^b Karachaevo Cherkessk Technol Inst   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Demographic potential; Fitness; Lotka's r; Malthusian parameter; Reproductive value

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH RATE; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIRTH RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 35448996934     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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