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- Title
Delay-Line Models of Population Growth.
- Authors
Lewis, E. R.
- Abstract
Replacing the usual principle of conservation of numbers with the equivalent principle of continuity of flow (or rates) leads to a very heuristic approach to modeling time lags in populations. The approach allows the direct use of unequal time lags (or age classes of unequal lengths) without the implicit assumption of a stable age distribution. Furthermore, for simple, linear natality processes, it allows direct estimation of the biotic potential and of the frequencies of inherent oscillations.
- Subjects
POPULATION; HUMAN fertility; BIRTH rate; POPULATION density; DELAY lines; OSCILLATIONS; FISSION (Asexual reproduction)
- Publication
Ecology, 1972, Vol 53, Issue 5, p797
- ISSN
0012-9658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1934295