Age-structured population growth rates in constant and variable environments: a near equilibrium approach

cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/1525en
cg.journalTheoretical Population Biologyen
cg.subject.ciforFOREST MANAGEMENTen
dc.contributor.authorDewi, S.en
dc.contributor.authorChesson, P.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-04T09:09:00Zen
dc.date.available2012-06-04T09:09:00Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/18965
dc.titleAge-structured population growth rates in constant and variable environments: a near equilibrium approachen
dcterms.abstractGeneral measures summarizing the shapes of mortality and fecundity schedules are proposed. These measures are derived from moments of probability distribution related to mortality and fecundity schedules. Like moments, these measures form infinite sequences, but the first terms of these sequences are of particular value in approximating the long term-faster growth rate of an age structured population that is growing slowly. Higher order terms are needed for approximating faster growing populations. These approximations offer a general nonparametric approach to the study of life-history evolution in both constant and variable environments. These techniques provide simple quantitative representations of the classical findings that, with fixed expected lifetime and net reproductive rate, type I mortality and early peak reproduction increase in the absolute magnitude of the population growth rate, while type III mortality and delayed peak reproduction reduce this absolute magnitude.en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDewi, S., Chesson, P. 2004. Age-structured population growth rates in constant and variable environments: a near equilibrium approach . Theoretical Population Biology 65 :75-88.en
dcterms.extentp. 75-88en
dcterms.issued2004
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectlife historyen
dcterms.subjectageen
dcterms.subjectmortalityen
dcterms.subjectreproductionen
dcterms.subjectsurvivalen
dcterms.subjectpopulation growthen
dcterms.subjectprojectionsen
dcterms.subjectmeasurementen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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