Age Structured Populations
09/28/2011 by jgluvna
In some populations there is no distinct breeding season, so reproduction takes place continually, which can make it problematic to keep track of all the new births. Create a model/equation that would enable you to take a census of the number of newborns over time of a continuously breeding population of your choice. Assume that juveniles and old females cannot reproduce. How would this change your model/equation?
Calculus techniques used:
- Integration
Theory:
- Age structured populations (Neuhauser, Claudia. Calculus for Biology and Medicine. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2000. 424)
- Applications of integration (Neuhauser, Claudia. Calculus for Biology and Medicine. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2000. 399)
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