Effects of demographic structure on key properties of stochastic density-independent population dynamics

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 253-263

  Vindenes, Yngvild ^a,b   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^b   Engen, Steinar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diffusion approximation; Dynamic heterogeneity; Integral projection model; Matrix model; Permanent heterogeneity; Reproductive value

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXTINCTION RISK; HETEROGENEITY; MATRIX; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DEMOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84869836437     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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