A two-sex demographic model with single-dependent divorce rate

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-656

  Maxin, D ^a   Berec, L ^b,c  

^a VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Demography; Divorce rate; Population dynamics; Two sex model

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HETEROSEXUALITY; ILLEGITIMACY; MARRIAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON;

EID: 77954494384     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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