Growth and extinction of populations in randomly varying environments

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 631-644

  Braumann, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Extinction; It and Stratonovich calculi; Population growth; Random environments; Stochastic differential equations

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROFLUIDICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STANDARDS; STEEL ANALYSIS; WHITE NOISE;

(001) PARAMETER; BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); ENVIRONMENTAL FLUCTUATIONS; FIRST PASSAGE TIME (FPT); FUNCTIONAL FORMS; GENERAL FUNCTIONS; GENERAL MODEL; LOW THRESHOLDS; NOISE INTENSITIES; PER CAPITA; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 45049083412     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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